State v. Sawyer

ELMO B. HUNTER, Special Judge.

On September 26, 1961, defendant, Donald Keith Sawyer, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County of the crime of robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. The jury fixed his punishment at five years. After an unsuccessful motion for new trial and allocution, the court entered judgment sentencing defendant to five years in the Department of Corrections of the State of Missouri. This appeal followed.

Although the defendant was represented by counsel at every stage of the proceedings in the circuit court he has not…