State v. Taylor

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

Appellant Leon Y. Taylor was jury convicted of attempted first-degree robbery in violation of Section 564.011, RSMo.1978,1 and sentenced to five year imprisonment.

At approximately 7:30 in the evening of November 21,1981 Mrs. Edith Crumley, age 69, was walking on the north side of Main Street in Lexington, Missouri, toward her home. Mrs. Crumley observed a black man come from around the corner and run toward her. The man grabbed Mrs. Crumley by the shoulders and shook her while demanding her money. When the victim did not respond to his request for her money he struck her…