State v. Williams

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted of robbery in the first degree, a violation of § 569.020 RSMo. 1978, and was sentenced as a persistent offender to twenty five years with the Department of Corrections. He appeals raising two points of alleged trial court error arising out of comments made during closing argument by the prosecuting attorney. We affirm.

In the early morning hours of May 31, 1981, defendant robbed a service station attendant in the City of St. Louis. He was followed out of the station by a St. Louis police officer who apprehended him a short distance from the…