State v. Merrick

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree under § 569.-020, RSMo. 1978, and armed criminal action under § 571.015, RSMo. 1978. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of ten years on the robbery count, and eight years on the criminal action count. He appeals. We affirm.

On November 21, 1982, a man wielding a sawed-off shotgun entered the Southside Delicatessen in St. Louis. The proprietor and his wife and their eight year old daughter were watching television in the back of the store. While the wife was on her way upstairs, the store’s front door buzzer…