State v. Jones

NUGENT, Judge.

Daniel E. Jones appeals from a conviction of second degree robbery in violation of § 569.030 R.S.Mo.1978, for which the trial court sentenced him to five years imprisonment pursuant to a jury verdict. We affirm.

On February 20, 1980, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Albert Kerns left a Kansas City Kings basketball game still in progress to visit a friend. When he arrived at his destination of 37th and Walnut, he remained in his car to listen on the radio to the game’s end. A man whom Kerns identified as the defendant approached Kerns’ car and asked directions to Warwick Street. When…