Opinion ID: 1877270
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Heading: And so the skinnier one walks in and saidhe had his hand in his pocket?

Text: A. He had his hand in his pocket like that, like straight in like that, I guess. Q. Like this (indicating)? A. But not up so high. Q. Like that (indicating)? A. Yeah. Q. Did you ever see a weapon at any time? A. No. Q. What significance did that hand in the pocket have to you when he said you were going to be robbed? A. Because he never took his hand out of that pocket the whole time I was getting the cash out. Q. You didn't see a weapon, though? A. No. Q. But he said you were going to be robbed? A. (Nodding head) Q. What happened then? A. He told me to open the drawer, and it took me a few minutes to get the sequence to get the drawer to come out. And the drawer opened, and it came out, and he told me to grabto get the drawer and set it up on the counter, the skinnier one. Q. Who told you you were going to be robbed? A. The skinny one. Q. Who told you to open the drawer? A. The skinny one. Q. And who told you to take the drawer out? A. The skinny one.
Q. What happened then? What occurred then? A. Then he was scooping the money up, and I kind of took a step back to get away from the register, because I didn't know what he was going to do, and the next thing I know is the skinnier one opened the side door and came back, and then, only then, his hand came out of that pocket, because then he started grabbing out the lottery tickets. Q. Did he have a weapon in his hand when it came out? A. No, didn't see one. On cross-examination, the following exchange took place: Q. When Mr. Banks was in thiswell, let me withdraw that question and go back a little bit. The third time these people come in, it was the tall, skinny one you said who had his hand in his pocket? A. Correct. Q. And that was in a pocket of a coat or jacket? A. Yeah. Q. And could you describe for the jury what kind of pockets were in this coat? In other words, were they pockets or were they more like a coattype pocket that I have on my suit coat? A. They were slashed pockets like you get on a flannel jacket, like a quilted flannel jacket with the pockets that go inside that farmers wear. Q. So kind of hand-warmer pockets? A. Yeah. Q. Now, when did you first become aware of this person having his hand in his pocket? A. When he walked up beside me. He was righthe was right next to me. I couldn't miss his hand in his pocket. Q. All right. And the prior two occasions when he came in the store, did he ever have his hand in his pocket that you remember? A. No. He didn't have his hands in his pocket. Q. So he came up beside you, which would have been where, alongside where the door is here? A. Yeah. Q. Okay. And Mr. Banks would have been over here in front of the counter, right? A. Mr. Banks was in front of me.