Walton v. State

VEASEY, Chief Justice,

for the Majority.

In this appeal, we revisit the first degree robbery statute which requires the State to establish beyond a reasonable doubt both of the following elements: (1) that the defendant commits the crime of robbery in the second degree; and (2) in the course thereof, “displays what appears to be a deadly weapon.” 1 The present case involves a bank robbery where the defendant passed to the bank teller a note in which the defendant demanded money and stated that he had a bomb. In an attempt to prove that the defendant “displayed” a bomb, the State presented…