State v. Hall

MORGAN, Presiding Judge.

Charged with the crime of robbery in the first degree, § 560.120, RSMo 1969, V.A. M.S., defendant was tried to the court, found guilty and assessed punishment of six years imprisonment.

On November 13, 1970, the victim, Mrs. Modrow, went shopping for groceries. While there, she met a friend, Mrs. Yoos. Each had her own small shopping cart, and they decided to walk home together. While doing so, they encountered three young men who took Mrs. Modrow’s purse which contained something over twenty dollars. She testified that she, “. . . had it [the purse] over the handle of…