A graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Garner has taught thereand at SouthernMethodistUniversityDedman School of Law, where he bears thetitledistinguishedadjunctprofessor.
Dedman, of Wharton Road in Bloomsbury, denies five counts of robbery and one charge that he was in possession of an imitation handgun with intent in May last year.
The jury was told the Steven Dedman, 20, who Mr Clark said was the mastermind, had already pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy to burgle and two of conspiracy to possess criminal property.