State v. Kennedy

CLEMENS, Judge.

Defendant Walter William Kennedy appeals his convictions for assault with intent to kill and first-degree robbery.

At trial the state introduced evidence of Kennedy’s two prior convictions for uttering forged instruments. A deputy circuit clerk testified Kennedy had pleaded guilty to both charges and was ■ sentenced to two concurrent ten-month terms. The warden of the City Workhouse testified Kennedy had served his time there. Consequently, the trial court found defendant had been convicted of two previous felonies, served his sentences and was discharged.

A jury could have found…