State v. Fields

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Appellant Lemon Junior Fields was charged with the offense of robbery in the first degree. See Section 560.120 (all statutory references are to RSMo 1949, V.A. M.S.). The information also contained the necessary averments pursuant to Section 556.280, known as the habitual criminal act, that he had previously been convicted of three separate felonies. The jury found appellant guilty of the offense charged, and also found that he had previously been convicted of a felony, and it assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.

Appellant has filed a…