State v. Keeny

SEILER, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree robbery and having also been tried under § 556.280, 1 the Second Offender Act, was sentenced by the court to 25 years’ imprisonment. He appeals. We affirm.

Defendant contends the trial court erred in admitting into evidence, over defendant’s motion to suppress, a gun and testimony as to a pair of trousers found in the car in which defendant was riding, on the ground his arrest was unlawful and hence the ensuing search of the car was also unlawful.

A filling station located on the west side of U.S. Highway 71 in Butler, Missouri,…