State v. Beishir

HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

By indictment filed in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis on November 5, 1957, defendant Donald Lee Beishir, William Homer Stegall and Vincent Gendron were jointly charged with the crime of robbery in the first degree by means of deadly, and dangerous weapons. The indictment also charged two prior felony convictions of Beishir and Stegall and one prior conviction of Gendron, under the Second Offense Act, Section 556.280 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., prior to its amendment in 1959.

Upon separate trial held in February, 1958, defendant was found guilty as charged, with the…