State v. Eddy

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of robbery in the first degree and resultant 10 year sentence imposed by the court. We affirm.

The evidence established that defendant approached an automobile at a stop sign in St. Louis City near midnight. Defendant held a gun on the driver from the front passenger window and demanded and received the driver’s leather jacket and wallet. The driver attempted to flee by starting his car suddenly and moving into the middle of the street, where his car stalled directly in front of an unmarked police car. The plain clothes policemen in…