State v. Counselman

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

In this jury-waived case the trial court found defendant Wallace Counselman guilty of first degree robbery and armed criminal action and sentenced him to imprisonment for concurrent eight and three year terms.

Defendant first challenges the evi-dentiary sufficiency to show the statutory element of putting the victim in fear. 1

We summarize the evidence. Defendant entered a restaurant, announced to the manager Wesley Bradley that his aim was robbery and pulled a loaded revolver from his pocket. When Bradley saw the weapon he “decided to go along”. Defendant showed his gun…