State v. Murphy

JAMES A. PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

Steven Murphy (Defendant) was charged with one count of robbery in the first degree (Count I), four counts of felonious restraint (Counts II, III, IV, and V), and one count of assault in the third degree (Count VI). Defendant was tried before a jury in the Circuit Court in the City of St. Louis. The jury found Defendant guilty on all counts. On June 4, 1998, Defendant was sentenced as a persistent misdemeanor offender under Section 558.016 RSMo (1994) 1 to terms of twelve years imprisonment on Count I, seven years imprisonment on Count II, seven years…