State v. Hart

John Henry Hart was convicted of armed robbery and unlawful use of a weapon. During the trial, Hart sought to ex*100hibit his physical characteristics to the jury so as to point out discrepancies between his physical appearance and the physical description given by Shirley Jean Helms, the State’s main witness, to investigating officers after the robbery of the convenience store where Helms worked. Because the trial court conditioned any such exhibition on Hart’s being cross-examined, Hart refrained from exhibiting his physical characteristics to the jury. Hart appeals. We affirm.

An exhibition by…