State v. Walls

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction of first degree robbery, § 569.020 RSMo 1978. The trial court found defendant a persistent offender, § 558.016 RSMo 1978, and sentenced him to fifteen years imprisonment. We affirm.

On August 30, 1980, a man wearing blue pants, a white T-shirt, and a baseball cap leaped over the counter of a dry cleaning business, displayed a revolver, and demanded cash. After he emptied the cash register, the robber threatened the attendant’s life unless more money was produced. She directed the robber to her purse in the back room which contained…