State v. Johnson

COIL, Commissioner.

A jury found John Edward Johnson guilty of robbery in the first degree and the trial court, having found that defendant theretofore had been convicted of a felony as charged under the Habitual Criminal Act, Section 556.280 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., sentenced him to 25 years in the state penitentiary. The amended information charged that Johnson had robbed Don Knight. Johnson has appealed and inasmuch as he has .filed no brief, we shall examine the seven assignments of error contained in his motion for new trial.

Assignment 6 charges that the trial court erred in overruling…