State v. King

STEWART, Judge.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of robbery in the first degree. He was sentenced to twelve years in the Department of Corrections by the court under the Second Offender Act.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in not suppressing the identification evidence of the victim because of an impermissible on-the-scene confrontation. We affirm.

In the late evening of December 23,1974, Mr. Norman, the victim, was afoot in the vicinity of North Market and Elliot Streets in the City of St. Louis. He was accosted by a young man he knew who was seated on the steps of a church.…