context: There was also evidence that the pharmacist, in accordance with the defendant's instructions in the note, waited several minutes and surveyed the front of the store before alerting authorities of the robbery. The Court of Appeals determined that a reasonable jury could conclude beyond a reasonable doubt from the totality of the circumstances that the defendant possessed a deadly weapon.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 2009 WL 3068259, at *3
citation_a.parenthetical: "A victim's belief that a defendant had a gun, together with the intent on the part of the defendant to create and use that belief for his own criminal purposes, is sufficient to prove a firearm specification."
citation_a.sentence: Cf. State v. Leftwich, No. 23383, 2009 WL 3068259, at *3 (Ohio App. 2nd Dist. Sept. 25, 2009) (“A victim’s belief that a defendant had a gun, together with the intent on the part of the defendant to create and use that belief for his own criminal purposes, is sufficient to prove a firearm specification.”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.parenthetical: sufficient evidence existed to support firearm specification where robbery defendant kept hand in pocket and told convenience store that he would "blow [her] head off' if she did not comply
citation_b.sentence: Id. at *7. See also State v. Jeffers, 143 Ohio App.3d 91, 757 N.E.2d 417 (Ohio App. 1st Dist.2001) (sufficient evidence existed to support firearm specification where robbery defendant kept hand in pocket and told convenience store that he would “blow [her] head off’ if she did not comply); State v. Greathouse, No. 21536, 2007 WL 1297181, at *4 (Ohio App. 2nd Dist. May 4, 2007) (sufficient evidence supported firearm specification even though victim never saw a gun, where defendant told victim that he had a gun and that he would kill her and dump her body if she did not comply); State v. Haskins, No. E-01-016, 2003 WL 99572, at *7 (Ohio App. 6th Dist. Jan. 10, 2003) (sufficient evidence to support aggravated robbery conviction where defendant threatened “Are you going to give me the money or do I have to pull this pistol out of my pocket?” and attendant believed defendant in fact had a gun and responded by immediately by putting up her hands even though no weapon was actually seen or found); State v. Green, 117 Ohio App.3d 644, 651-652, 691 N.E.2d 316, 321 (Ohio App. 1st Dist.1996) (sufficient evidence of deadly weapon where defendant verbally threatened to “blow the heads off’ victims while having large envelope wrapped around hand, and victims surrendered money based on belief defendant was armed).