State v. Bevineau

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

A jury found defendant John Bevineau guilty of first degree robbery of T. J. Coe and the trial court sentenced him as a second offender to 20 years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending error in denying his motion to suppress the victim’s in-court identification.

Sufficiency of the state’s evidence is not challenged. Victim Coe, a Californian, visited St. Louis and asked defendant for directions. Defendant walked along the street with Coe and met three friends. Suddenly Coe was struck from behind, felled, robbed and hospitalized. Three police officers identified…