State v. McRoberts

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Appeal by Daniel McRoberts from a judgment of conviction and 8-year sentence entered upon a jury verdict of guilty on a charge of robbery in the first degree. This Court has jurisdiction under § 3, Art. V, Constitution of Missouri, 1945, V.A.M. S., as provided by that section prior to the amendment adopted at the special election of August 4, 1970, since the notice of appeal was filed prior to January 1, 1972. Art. V, § 31.

The State’s evidence tended to prove that about 6 o’clock a. m. on September 13, 1970 on a public street in the City of St. Louis an automobile…