OPINION
BOSSON, Judge.
1. In this appeal, we determine whether under the aggravated burglary statute, NMSA 1978, § 30-16-4(B) (Repl.Pamp.1994), a defendant "arms himself with a deadly weapon" when he steals a knife during a burglary but does not use or threaten to use that knife as a weapon. We also discuss the risks in using a showup identification as evidence, particularly when the accused is not positively identified at trial by that witness...
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