STATE v. RICE

No. 94-1451.

543 N.W.2d 884 (1996)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Arthur Merlin RICE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and John F. Fatino, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Mary Tabor, Assistant Attorney General, William E. Davis, County Attorney, and Donald Frank, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


SNELL, Justice.

Appellant, Arthur Merlin Rice, appeals convictions of first-degree robbery and first-degree theft. We affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Shortly after the store opened on November 5, 1993, a man entered John R. Benson Jewelers and asked to see some ladies' anniversary rings. Nancy Skulte, a saleswoman, showed him several ladies rings as well as some men's rings, one with a one-carat diamond. Skulte became apprehensive about...

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