Opinion ID: 2149213
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Heading: Weapon

Text: Appellant also argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's conclusion that a deadly weapon was used to perpetrate the crime. Appellant notes that a weapon was never introduced into evidence and that searches by police and a police dog did not recover a gun. However, appellant disregards the testimony of Jacobs. She described her assailant's gun to police at the scene and to the jury at trial. The uncorroborated testimony of a victim is sufficient to sustain a robbery conviction. Williams v. State (1981), 275 Ind. 603, 419 N.E.2d 134. In Mears v. State (1983), Ind., 455 N.E.2d 603, we sustained a robbery conviction where the only evidence as to the use of a gun was the victim's testimony. Jacobs' testimony alone clearly was sufficient to support the jury's conclusion that Young used a deadly weapon in the thwarted robbery. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed. GIVAN, C.J., and DeBRULER, PIVARNIK, and DICKSON, JJ., concur.