State v. Pizzella

RENDLEN, Judge.

Transferred here by order of the Eastern District Court of Appeals, this cause, involving a challenge to the validity of a statute, falls within our exclusive appellate jurisdiction, Mo. Const, art. V, § 3.

The following facts gave rise to this proceeding: Sibley Williams (hereinafter Williams), a black male, was attending a “rock” concert on the evening of January 28, 1984 at the Arena in St. Louis. Williams testified that after purchasing refreshments at an Arena concession stand, he felt what seemed to be a stick thrust against his back inside his belt and was pulled away…