State v. Lance

BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Defendant Roe Harold Lance was convicted by a Stoddard County jury of armed robbery and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with the June 18, 1975, armed robbery of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Harrison at their Stoddard County home.1 Following the robbery, the victims were handcuffed to clothes rods in a closet and furniture stacked against the closet door. At trial Mr. and Mrs. Harrison and defendant’s accomplice testified defendant was one of the two armed men who perpetrated the crime.

The transcript discloses the verdict of the jury was returned…