State v. Gragg

BILLINGS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Robert Eugene Gragg, Jr., was tried and found guilty by a Greene County jury of first degree robbery and armed criminal action and received consecutive 30-year prison sentences. We affirm the robbery conviction and reverse and vacate the conviction for armed criminal action.

There was substantial evidence from which the jury could find that defendant Teddy Louis Williams1 assaulted and robbed the manager of a Springfield food service. Defendant was identified by the victim as the robber who wielded a .38 caliber pistol, brutally struck him, and threatened to…