State v. Moten

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

A Jackson County Circuit Court jury found James A. Moten guilty of robbery in the first degree and fixed his punishment at seven years’ imprisonment. This appeal is from the ensuing judgment and sentence.

On October 4, 1974, at 3:00 P.M., two black males entered the Manor Baking Company Thrift Store on East Highway 40 in Kansas City. They pretended to be customers until other customers left. Then one of the men produced a pistol and told the employee in charge “All right, you know what this is. Don’t move.” He forced the employee, Rhoda Pennington, to the…