State v. Mills

A.J. SEIER, Special Judge.

The State charged defendant Ricky Mills with five counts of armed robbery for the robbery of five patrons at the Peach Pit Tavern on June 27, 1981, in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Pursuant to a jury verdict of guilty on all five counts and evidence of a prior armed robbery conviction, the trial court sentenced the defendant as a prior offender to prison for consecutive terms of fifteen years, fifteen years, ten years, ten years, and ten years respectively, for a total of sixty years.” The defendant challenges his convictions by asserting that the trial court: (1)…