State v. Hicks

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Judge.

Following a bench trial, Brian Wilson Hicks (“Defendant”) was convicted of the class A felony of robbery in the first degree, a violation of Section 569.020.1 The trial court sentenced Defendant to eighteen years imprisonment in the department of corrections. He now appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. We affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence adduced at trial revealed the following. On the night of July 3, 2004, Curtis M. Rowden (“Victim”) attended a house party in Springfield, Missouri,…