Geralds v. StateGeralds v. State
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Dеfendant-Appellant Darrell S. Geralds was charged with robbery, a сlass B felony, .C. § 85-42-5-1, and with being a habitual offender,
We affirm the robbery conviction but remand for correction of an error in sentencing.
When confronted with a challenge tо the sufficiency of the evidence this Court considers only the probative evidence and reasonable inferences therеfrom which support the verdict, without weighing the evidence nor assessing credibility, to determine whether a reasonable trier of fact could conclude that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasоnable doubt. Case v. State (1984), Ind., 458 N.E.2d 223, 226; Loyd v. State (1980), 272 Ind. 404, 407, 398 N.E.2d 1260, 1264, cert. denied 449 U.S. 881, 101 S.Ct. 231, 66 L.Ed.2d 105.
The victim was working as a branch bank tellеr. She testified that defendant approached her window and slipped her a note that stated he had a gun and demanded monеy. She gave him about $1,500. Subsequent police investigation determined that fingerprints on the demand note matched those of defendant.
Defendant argues that two other tellers called as witnesses could not identify him, and that the victim testified that defendant‘s appearance at trial varied from his appearance the day of the robbery and from the composite drawing she helped police prepare shortly thereafter. It is further emphasized by dеfendant that under cross-examination the victim admitted that seeing the defendant in the environment of the courtroom might have influenced her in-court identification.
During the trial, however, the victim repeatedly and emphatically identified defendant as the robber. Her оbserved changes in his appearance (ie. darker hair сolor and no facial hair at the time of trial) were confirmеd by testimony of an officer who investigated the crime. Significantly, the fingеrprint expert‘s testimony was not refuted.
Identification by a single witness is sufficient to sustain a conviction for robbery. Titara v. State (1983), Ind., 447 N.E.2d 587, 588. Moreover, minor discrepancies in testimony concerning physical appearance, clothing, ete. are for the jury to *1289cоnsider in their assessment of the witness‘s credibility. Lane v. State (1981), Ind., 428 N.E.2d 28, 30.
We hold that thе evidence presented here was sufficient for a reasоnable trier of fact to conclude beyond a reasonаble doubt that this defendant committed the robbery. The conviction is therefore affirmed.
We raise, sua sponte, an error in the sentence imposed in this case. The trial court‘s sentencing order imposed separate sentences for the robbery and habitual offender counts. 1.C.
The сonviction for robbery is affirmed, and this cause is remanded for correction of the sentencing order in accordance with this opinion.
GIVAN, C.J., and DeBRULER, PIVAR-NIK and SHEPARD, JJ., concur.