State v. Sykes

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of robbery first degree and armed criminal action, and resultant 15 and 10 year concurrent sentences by the court. We affirm the robbery conviction and reverse the conviction for armed criminal action.

The evidence supports the conclusion that defendant and another man, Dwayne Jenkins, held up the bar maid of the Texas Lady Lounge in the City of St. Louis, at gunpoint, on October 26,1977. Jenkins was arrested as he left the Lounge by police answering a silent alarm activated by the bar maid. Defendant was chased by a police…