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        "text": "Steele Hays, Justice.\nDouglas Bernard Williams appeals from a judgment of conviction of robbery. As an habitual offender he received a sentence of forty years in the Department of Correction. The only point of error is that the trial court should have granted a motion for a directed verdict at the close of the state\u2019s case because the victim, Hampton Jones, did not specifically identify the appellant as the man who robbed him. Finding no merit in the argument, we affirm the judgment.\nHampton Jones testified that he and the defendant were shooting craps in the back of the Dixie Dog restaurant in Camden. Jones said he had won all of the money and was sitting down when the defendant struck him three times in the face and took the money, estimated to be $300. Jones called the police. They arrived moments later, entering the restaurant as Williams was leaving. One of the officers knew Williams and spoke to him as they passed.\nJones pointed Williams out as the man who had robbed him as Williams entered the Chat and Chew, next to the Dixie Dog. The officers followed and Williams left the Chat and Chew by the back door and began to run when the officers ordered him to halt. Williams was caught and had $149 in a wad of bills.\nCiting only Hamm v. State, 296 Ark. 385, 757 S.W.2d 932 (1988), appellant argues a directed verdict should have been ordered because he was never specifically identified by the victim. But identification was not an issue in Hamm. The opinion simply notes, in rejecting an argument of harmless error, that proof of guilt was not overwhelming because, among other factors, the victim had testified the robber was not in the courtroom. That observation, lifted out of context, has no relevance here, as Hamm drove the getaway car while his accomplice Ray Graves, perpetrated the robbery and Graves was the only person seen by the victim.\nClearly it is essential to every case that the defendant be shown as the one who committed the crime. However that connection can be inferred from all the facts and circumstances of the case. Becker v. State, 298 Ark. 438, 768 S.W.2d 527 (1989); Womack v. State, 301 Ark. 193, 783 S.W.2d 33 (1990). We answered a similar argument in Becker:\nHere, there were no co-defendants; the defendant was tried alone. He was specifically identified as \u201cMr. Becker\u201d and \u201cthe defendant\u201d throughout the trial. The witnesses were eyewitnesses to the robbery, and the fact that none of them pointed out that the wrong man had been brought to trial was eloquent and sufficient proof of identity.\nId at 441, 768 S.W.2d at 529.\nThe appellant alone was on trial. He was repeatedly referred to as \u201cthe defendant\u201d or as Bernard Williams or Mr. Williams. The victim was asked at the outset if he had ever seen \u201cthis defendant\u201d before, answering \u201cI have.\u201d The victim, who knew the appellant by name, then proceeded to describe the incident at the Dixie Dog, as well as the events that ensued, ending in appellant\u2019s arrest. The victim also testified that sometime after appellant was released from jail, appellant and his mother came to see him to see if he might be willing to drop the charges. In short, the record contains innumerable and unchallenged references to the appellant as the offender so that any doubt as to appellant\u2019s identification is eliminated.\nAffirmed.",
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        "author": "Steele Hays, Justice."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Edward T. Oglesby, for appellant.",
      "Winston Bryant, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Cathy Derden, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Douglas Bernard WILLIAMS v. STATE of Arkansas\nCR 91-269\n825 S.W.2d 826\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered March 16, 1992\nEdward T. Oglesby, for appellant.\nWinston Bryant, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Cathy Derden, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
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