State v. Belk

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of manslaughter and the resultant sentence as a prior offender by the court of 10 years imprisonment. We affirm.

The victim was shot while operating his automobile in the City of St. Louis. The evidence was sufficient to establish that defendant and two others, Eric Wallace and Bruce Sampson, agreed to participate in the robbery of someone to obtain a car for a trip to Illinois. In the early morning hours they positioned themselves near a stop sign at an exit from Interstate 70. When the victim approached the stop sign, Sampson…