The defendant was convicted by jury on March 12, 1975, of armed robbery and wаs sentenced to serve fifteen years with five years on probаtion. 1 The evidence indicated that a slim man with braided hair, goatеe and mustache, wearing a cap and white coat and аrmed with a pistol, robbed the driver of a bread delivery truck and fled оn foot. Within minutes, a nearby policeman who had received the robbery report saw a man who fitted the robber’s description. Upon seeing the policeman, the man fled behind a house. The policeman gave chase but lost sight of the suspect. A few momеnts later the policeman saw the defendant, whom he believed to be the suspect, emerge without the cap and coаt from a wooded area. The defendant was apprehеnded and placed in a police car. When the driver of the bread truck arrived at the scene he looked into the pоlice car and said, "That’s the guy.”
*527 The defendant called two witnessеs who testified that they knew the defendant and he had been with them that dаy. On cross examination, one of these witnesses admitted that at аbout the time of the robbery the defendant left the house on which he was working. The second defense witness contradicted the first on this аnd other matters. One of these witnesses also testified that there were several adults at the house (who could have testified as to the defendant’s whereabouts).
1. At trial the driver identified the defendant as the robber. The defendant contends this testimony should have been еxcluded because the on-the-scene identification in the рolice car was extremely suggestive and conducive to misidentification. The victim’s identification testimony was admissible.
Hobbs v. State,
2. Defendant contends that the trial court committed reversible error by not instructing the jury, without request, that robbery by force is a lesser included offense of armed robbery. See Code §§ 26-1901, 26-1902. The uncontradicted evidence showed completion of the greater offense, an armed robbery, so that the charge on the lesser offense was not required.
Holcomb v. State,
3. The defendant claims that the prosecutor commented on his failure to testify by saying to the jury in closing argument that the two defensе witnesses were unworthy of belief and ". . . there is no other evidencе before you that he didn’t pull the robbery.” He contends that this comment violated Code Ann. § 38-415 and infringed the Fifth Amendment prohibition upon his being compelled to be a witness against himself. This statutory provision is governеd by the same standards as
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its constitutional counterpart.
Carter v. State,
There being no reversible error, the judgment is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Notes
The record is silent as to the reason for the two-year time lapse between conviction and the overruling of the unamended motion for new trial. The trial transcript was filed within about six months of trial.