State v. Speights

BARDGETT, Judge.

Upon a jury trial Lesley H. Speights was convicted of robbery in the first degree, a felony under § 560.120, RSMo 1969, V.A. M.S., and sentenced by the Court to twenty years in the Department of Corrections under the Second Offender Act, § 556.280, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., and defendant has appealed. At the time this appeal was filed exclusive jurisdiction of appeals in felony cases was vested in this Court. Article V, § 3, Constitution of Missouri, 1945, V.A.M.S.

Two points are raised. They are (1) “The Trial Court erred in overruling defendant’s Motion for Judgment of Acquittal *357at…