Jesse Jones v. State Indiana

The evidence most favorable to the state reveals that the defendant robbed a White Castle restaurant at 38th and Keystone, Indianapolis, Indiana, during the early morning hours of December 9, 1976. A cashier, working at the time of the robbery, identified the defendant at trial. The defendant took the contents of the cash register. The cashier testified that she was struck about the head and face with the pistol the defendant was carrying. She sustained head injuries, and she still was suffering from headaches at the time of trial. An assistant supervisor at the restaurant was forced to open the employees personal lockers; the defendant took the assistant supervisors purse and dragged her to the parking lot with him as he attempted to escape. The defendant was apprehended in the parking lot. At least four White Castle employees, a taxi driver, and a police officer identified the defendant as the person who was involved in the robbery.