State v. Sanders

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant appeals from jury convictions of first degree robbery, § 569.020, RSMo. 1978, and carrying a concealed weapon, § 571.115. In view of defendant’s two previous felony convictions the court found him to be a persistent offender under § 558.016 and imposed concurrent sentences of twenty-five years for the robbery and ten years for carrying the concealed weapon. We affirm.

Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on the robbery charge. He contends the trial court should have directed a verdict of acquittal at the close of all the evidence because of inadequacies…