State v. Eshmon

In this appeal from two convictions for robbery in the first degree, defendant contends that (1) the trial court improperly admitted evidence of both robberies in the separate trials on each robbery charge and (2) the prosecution’s eyewitness identification testimony should have been suppressed.

At about 7:45 on the evening of June 29, 1980, three men robbed the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant at 1841 North Lombard in Portland. At about 9:45 that same evening, the International House of Pancakes at 422 N.E. Multnomah in Portland was robbed by four men. Witnesses at both restaurants described…