Simpson v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Appellant, Dennis Bert Simpson, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted of Robbery with Firearms, in Kay County District Court, Case No. CRF — 79-80, was sentenced to ten (10) years’ imprisonment, and he appeals.

On April 23, 1979, an armed robbery of Miller’s Package Store occurred in Ponca City, Oklahoma, for which the defendant and his companion were arrested and charged. Some four hundred-sixty dollars ($460.00) and one pint of vodka were taken at gunpoint from the proprietor of the shop. As the gunman exited the store he was apprehended by local police who…