Legal Opinion
State v. Hillis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 2, 1988No. 53019PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUDLOWSKI, Judge.
On July 26, 1986, at approximately 3:50 a.m. a man entered a Steak-n-Shake restaurant in the City of St. Louis, held a gun to the crew-leader’s head and robbed the restaurant of $440. The robber was later identified as the defendant, Ronald Doyle Hillis. The defendant was tried before a jury and was found guilty of first degree robbery and armed criminal action. The defendant had two prior convictions for robbery and two for burglary. The trial court found the defendant to be a class X offender under Section 558.019.4(3) 1 and sentenced him to life and fifteen years…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Miller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Lindsey v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- State v. WrenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
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3Cited by28 opinions
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