State v. Phelps

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

On December 12, 1984, appellant, Ernest Lee Phelps, was convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree in violation of Section 569.020, RSMo (1978). The Circuit Court of St. Louis County entered judgment on the jury’s verdict and sentenced the appellant, as a dangerous offender, to twenty-five years imprisonment. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not in question, but a brief recital of the facts is in order. On July 20,1981, two clerks who *556were working behind the courtesy counter at the Schnucks store in Dellwood, Missouri were robbed at gunpoint. The police…