People v. Muniz

KIRSHBAUM, Judge.

Defendant, Donny Lee Muniz, appeals his conviction of aggravated robbery, second degree kidnapping, and two counts of violent crime. We affirm.

The following facts are revealed by the record. At approximately 4:00 a. m. on February 14, 1978, an owner of the Bonfire Lounge, a Lakewood bar, was robbed by a masked man armed with a gun. The assailant forced the victim to drive him away in the victim’s car, but later jumped out of the car and fled on foot when a police car approached.

A police officer who arrived at the scene about an hour later observed defendant’s car parked in a…