HARSHBARGER, Justice:
Robert John Tanner appeals two convictions in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County of aggravated robbery, W.Va.Code, 61-2-12.
His two assignments of error that warrant discussion are whether the trial court's refusal to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of compulsion or coercion was prejudicial error, and whether the trial court should have permitted the prosecution to cross-examine Tanner about a prior robbery conviction on...
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