State v. Jones

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals after his conviction by a jury of one count of second degree robbery, *269§ 569.030, RSMo 1994. The court sentenced him as a prior and persistent offender to a prison term of twenty years. We affirm as modified.

The record reveals that on December 18, 1994, David Nelson noticed the passenger window of his GMC Suburban had been broken. Nelson looked through the broken window and saw defendant sitting in the vehicle near Nelson’s wife’s purse, which had been opened. Defendant indicated that he had a gun and walked away from the car, carrying money taken from the…