State v. Frazier

DOWD, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of Robbery in the First Degree By Means of a Dangerous and Deadly Weapon. [560.135 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S.]. A prior felony conviction for forcible rape was proved, and sentence was set by the court under the Second Offender Act, § 556,280 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. at twenty-five years imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

On November 16, 1972 at about 10 a. m., the University Drug Store, 609 N. Grand Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, was robbed by two armed men. The two men left the pharmacy carrying a manila envelope containing seven bottles of Schedule II narcotics.…