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Pursuant to Ind.Appellate Rule 65(D), this Memorandum Decision shall not be regarded as precedent or cited before any court except for the purpose of establishing the defense of res judicata, collateral estoppel, or the law of the case. ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: GARY A. COOK Deputy Public Defender, Cook's Law Office Peru, Indiana ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: GREGORY F. ZOELLER Attorney General of Indiana KATHERINE M. COOPER Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana

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of the supreme court, court of appeals and tax court

Dec 06 2011, 10:00 am

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
RONALD COLDREN, Appellant-Defendant, vs. STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee-Plaintiff. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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No. 34A04-1106-CR-320

APPEAL FROM THE HOWARD CIRCUIT COURT The Honorable Lynne Murray, Judge Cause No. 34C01-0801-FB-18

December 6, 2011

MEMORANDUM DECISION - NOT FOR PUBLICATION

BROWN, Judge

Ronald Coldren appeals his conviction for robbery as a class B felony.1 Coldren raises one issue which we revise and restate as whether the evidence was sufficient to support his conviction. We affirm. The facts most favorable to the conviction follow. On January 10, 2008, Heather Fouts, a teller at Star Financial Bank in Kokomo, observed a man walk in the bank through the north doors, look at the clock, look at his watch, look at Fouts, and then turn around and walk out of the bank. Fouts later described the man as wearing a blue coat and jeans, and being tall, skinny, older, and white. On January 11, 2008, a man wearing the same clothes as the day earlier entered the south doors, looked at the clock and turned around and left. Moments later, the man entered the bank and then entered a teller line. The man pulled a hat down over his face, and Fouts realized that the hat was "like a sock hat with holes cut in it." Transcript at 24. The man approached Amanda Paul, a teller, and told her that "this was a robbery and [he] had a sack out." Id. at 45. Paul said "excuse me," and the man repeated himself and displayed a knife. Id. Paul showed the man her empty drawer, and the man left her window and went to the next teller, Beverly Vaught. The man displayed the knife and told Vaught "this is a robbery, give me all the money in your top drawer." Id. at 57. Vaught complied with the man's request. The robbery occurred at approximately 9:12 a.m., and the man left through the north doors of the bank. Coldren entered the YMCA, which was across the street from the bank, "anywhere between 9:12 and 9:15." Id. at
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