State v. Baker

ANDREW JACKSON HIGGINS, Special Judge.

James Carl Baker was convicted by a jury of robbery, first degree, by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon, of C. W. Kemper, II; and of assault with intent to maim Myrna B. Kemper with malice aforethought. The jury assessed his punishment at imprisonment for fifty years for the robbery and for forty years for the assault. Sentence and judgment were rendered accordingly and the court ordered the sentences to run consecutively. §§ 560.120, 560.135, 559.180, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S.; Rule 24.04, V.A.M.R.

The defense was alibi; and other than to assert (Point II)…