State v. Ruffin

ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of exhibiting a dangerous and deadly weapon in a rude, angry and threatening manner in violation of § 564.610 RSMo 1969, and was sentenced pursuant to the Second Offender Act, § 556.280 RSMo 1969, to the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of three years.

William Cooper testified that about 1:40 o’clock of the afternoon of August 20, 1973, he saw appellant at a methadone center in the 3900 block of Olive Street in St. Louis. There was no conversation between the two, but when appellant saw Cooper “he turned…