Cottingham v. State

This appeal is from a conviction for armed robbery [IC 1971, 35-12-1-1 (Burns Ind. Ann. Stat. § 10-4709 (1970 Repl.) ]. In the early morning hours of August 11, 1972, a lone gunman robbed the Hook’s Drug Store at 4311 South Anthony Street in Fort Wayne. The gunman forced the two employees then present to give him the money from the cash register. He also took a number of watches from a display case. The gunman was arrested after being identified through fingerprints left in the store.

At the bench trial, Appellant presented an alibi. There was testimony that he left his place of work, a tavern…