State v. Anderson

TITUS, Judge.

As a persistent offender under § 558.-016-3 1 , defendant was charged with having committed first degree robbery under § 569.020-1(3) in that he “knowingly and forcibly stole” money in the possession of an employee of Guaranty Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n of Springfield (Guaranty) “and in the course thereof ... threatened the immediate use of a dangerous instrument against” said employee. A jury found defendant guilty and subsequent to a hearing on the persistent offender charge, the court found defendant to be such an offender and sentenced him to imprisonment for a term of 15…