State v. Peterson

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

A jury in the Jackson County Circuit Court found Kenneth S. Peterson guilty of robbery in the first degree with a deadly weapon. The jury could not agree upon punishment and the court fixed the sentence at 50 years’ imprisonment. The defendant appeals from the ensuing judgment.

Shortly before noon on November 29, 1974, three black males entered the Altman *567Jewelry Store, located on 11th Street between Main and Walnut in Kansas City. They announced a holdup. One of them, subsequently identified by an Altman employee as appellant Kenneth S. Peterson, was carrying…