State of Missouri v. James W. Lewis

DISSENT

Lisa S. Van Amburg, Judge

I respectfully dissent. The majority fairly lays out the trial evidence and testimony, which in my opinion, does not support a verdict of robbery in the second degree. Victim testified that Lewis snatched the purse from her hand without a struggle, threat or use of force, and without injury. Specifically, she testified that she had her hand on her purse, which was inside her shopping cart, when Lewis “bumped [her] in the shoulder a little bit, reached over in front of [her], grabbed [her] purse, and just took off running.” When asked whether there was a…