State v. Ralph

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Foth, C.:

On August 6, 1973, at about 6:00 p. m., Hawk’s Pharmacy in Wichita was held up at gunpoint by an individual who demanded and obtained a quantity of narcotic drugs. Defendant Clyde W. Ralph was charged with the offense and convicted by a jury of aggravated robbery. He appeals, alleging trial errors.

At trial the state first produced the two employees who were on duty at the time of the robbery. Each positively identified Ralph as the man who held up the store and made off with a sack full of narcotics. Each had picked him out from a display of…