Thomason v. State

This is an appeal from the Marion Criminal Court, Division 2, where appellant was found guilty as charged of robbery. Trial by jury having been waived, the appellant and two others were tried before Judge Saul I. Rabb.

Testimony at the trial indicates that shortly after 3:00 a.m. on July 27, 1969, Gary Underwood was working as an attendant at the United Oil Service filling station at 5901 Bluff Road in Marion County, Indiana, when he observed a car coming down the street without any lights on. The car pulled into the station and two girls and a man got out. While one of the girls used the…