State v. Zimmerlee

Defendant was convicted of the crime of armed robbery (ORS 163.280). The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of conviction, whereupon defendant filed this petition for review.

The following is an adaptation of the statement of facts set out in the Court of Appeals’ opinion at 92 Or Adv Sh 569, 5 Or App 253, 483 P2d 111 (1971). Defendant accosted Larry Palmer, the complaining witness, at about 6:30 p.m. on March 6th, 1970, inside a drive-in restaurant in Medford. Defendant told Palmer that he had some friends outside who had bet that he, defendant, could not get Palmer’s boots away from him.…