State v. Hawkins

DIXON, Judge.

Defendant appeals concurrent convictions for armed robbery and armed criminal action. The conviction for armed criminal action must be reversed. Sours v. State, 603 S.W.2d 592 (Mo. banc 1980). The issue remaining is the propriety of the evidence of identifications made by the victim in the armed robbery case.

The facts are relatively simple. The victim was accosted outside his residence and, with a gun at his back, was relieved of his money. Upon demand, he indicated there was more money in the study of his home. Forced into the lighted study with the gun in his back, the victim…