State v. Bohlen

KAROHL, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant was found guilty by a jury of three counts, each charging robbery in the first degree, § 569.020, RSMo 1978. He was sentenced by the court as a persistent offender, § 558.016.2, RSMo 1978, to serve consecutive fifteen-year sentences on each count.

The state charged that the defendant, acting with others, on April 17, 1981 entered a jewelry store in St. Louis County, Missouri, and took currency and jewelry from the store, Count I, a wristwatch from the manager of the store, Count II, and a wristwatch from the female employee, Count III. The manager of…