State v. Davis

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Appeal from judgment of conviction on two counts of robbery in the first degree. A jury found Fred Davis guilty of the charges and he was sentenced, in accordance with the verdict, to five years’ imprisonment on each count. The sentences were ordered to be served consecutively.

At around midnight on November 13, 1976, Ms. Laurabelle Steffens and her sister, Ms. Viola Miller, were at the Fun House Pizza Parlor in Independence. They had eaten a sandwich in the pizza parlor and were there about an hour. Ms. Stef-fens’ attention had been drawn to two men seated in…