State v. Charles

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

Bruce Allen Charles (hereinafter referred to as defendant) was charged under the Second Offender Act with the crime of robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon (Section 560.-120, RSMo 1969), tried by a jury and found guilty, and sentenced by the court to twenty-five years imprisonment. Defendant stakes all right to appellate relief on a single point — refusal by the trial court to instruct the jury on attempted robbery after being requested to do so and proffered an appropriate instruction. An explanatory prelude will serve to place the point in…