Opinion ID: 1057780
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Heading: Robbery of Gabriel Shears, Jr. and Keith Richardson

Text: On August 5, 2003, Gabriel Shears, Jr., also employed by Forrest City Grocery, was delivering cigarettes to a BP store on Shelby Drive. As Shears was placing merchandise on a dolly beside the truck and the truck driver, Keith Richardson, was working inside the trailer, a man, later identified as the Defendant, jumped out of an approaching car, entered the trailer, and started moving cases of cigarettes to the door. A second robber loaded the cases into their car. Shears testified that when the Defendant ordered Richardson to get back, the two tussled, and the Defendant threatened to blow [Richardson's] brains out. Shears did not see a gun, but saw the Defendant grab his jeans' pocket, indicating that he might be armed. Shears acknowledged that he feared for his safety. One month after the robbery, Shears selected the Defendant from a photographic array supplied by the police. At trial, he again identified the Defendant, asserting that he was positive that the Defendant was one of the two robbers.