Opinion ID: 1057780
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Heading: Robbery of Herbert Crain

Text: On July 11, 2003, Herbert Crain, a delivery truck driver for Forrest City Grocery in Memphis, was unloading merchandise from the side door of his trailer for delivery to the Liberty Mart. Kevin Young, Crain's assistant, had already taken a load of merchandise into the store when a man, later identified as the Defendant, entered the trailer and ordered Crain outside. As Crain stepped out of the trailer, he tried to close its door in an effort to trap the Defendant inside, but was unsuccessful. In response, the Defendant threatened to shoot Crain and put[ ] his hand low, as if reaching for something. According to Crain, the Defendant, assisted by a second individual, then loaded 128 cartons of cigarettes into a blue, mid to late 80's Chevrolet Lumina and drove away. During his testimony, Crain described himself as just mad during the course of the robbery, explaining that only his concern for his children prompted his compliance with the Defendant's demands. Crain acknowledged that he did not actually see a weapon but, because he knew that other drivers of his company had been robbed at gunpoint, surmised that the Defendant was armed. Crain was unable to identify the Defendant as the robber. As Young left the Liberty Mart to return to the truck, he saw the Defendant inside the grocery trailer. Less than two months later, he selected the Defendant from a photographic array furnished by the police. At trial, Young made a positive identification of the Defendant as one of the two robbers.