Neal v. State

Defendant was charged with armed robbery but convicted of robbery with a weapon. The incident involved a cab driver. The driver testified that at the trip’s destination, the passenger and another man outside the cab robbed him. He said that the one outside the cab had a gun in his hand but he did not know if it was real. The driver called police at once and followed the fleeing perpetrators. Police responded immediately. Defendant was captured minutes later, a short distance away. No gun was ever found. At trial a police officer was permitted to testify that, under these circumstances, it is…