State v. Savage

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Terry Eugene Savage was charged in the Jackson County Circuit Court with robbery in the first degree and assault with intent to kill, with malice. The charges were consolidated for trial, which resulted in a jury verdict of guilty on each charge. The court, under the Second Offender Act, sentenced the defendant to consecutive 20-year terms.

On December 31, 1970, “a colored fellow” entered Traxler’s Pharmacy in Kansas City and ordered a package of cigarettes from the proprietor, Seymour Trax-ler. When Traxler turned to deliver the cigarettes, the “customer” was…