State v. Hampton

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of the offense of robbery in the first degree, a violation of § 569.020, RSMo.1978, and was sentenced as a prior offender to serve a term of twenty years with the Department of Corrections. He appeals. We affirm.

The victim, Howard Johnson, worked at the post office in downtown St. Louis. At about 2:30 a.m. on July 9,1981, while on his meal break, he left the post office and started walking toward a convenience store located several blocks away to purchase a soda. On his way, he noticed two men, one of whom he identified as the defendant,…