State v. Samuel

TURNAGE, Judge.

Tracy Samuel appeals his conviction of robbery first degree and sentence of confinement.

The sole contention on this appeal is the failure of the evidence to support a conviction of robbery. Reversed and remanded.

In June, 1976, George McFarland and his wife, Ruth McFarland, owned and operated a grocery store, filling station and bait shop just off Highway 7 about two and one-half miles west of Warsaw. The building in which the business was located was separate from but near the house where the McFarlands lived. A buzzer had been installed in the business building so that it…