State v. Spencer

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal, filed prior to January 1, 1972, from judgment of conviction and seven-year sentence, imposed by court when jury which found Charles Louis Spencer guilty of robbery in the first degree were unable to agree upon punishment.

At around 11:00 P.M., September 26, 1970, Jerry Brooks and Betty Ann Nienest were walking on Campbell Street in Kansas City. They met three Negroes. One produced a gun and told Brooks and Miss Nienest to be quiet. The robbers searched them and took a Timex watch, a billfold with money and identification and pocket change from Brooks. A purse was…