State v. Citius

Appellant, John Citius and also Elmer Edwards were jointly charged with robbery in the first degree by information filed by the Prosecuting Attorney of Pemiscot County, Missouri, the information also containing apt allegations intended to invoke against Citius the Habitual Criminal Act. The court granted Elmer Edwards a severance and the State elected to try appellant Citius first. He was found guilty of robbery in the first degree as charged in the information and his punishment was assessed by the jury at fifty years' imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. His motion for a new trial having…