State v. Sawyer

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Donald Keith Sawyer, with a prior felony conviction, was convicted by a jury of robbery, first degree, and the court assessed his punishment at 4 5 years’ imprisonment. Sentence and judgment were rendered accordingly. §§ 556.280, 560.120, 560.135, V.A.M.S.

Appellant does not question the sufficiency of evidence to sustain his conviction, and the evidence warrants findings that: On December 5, 1969, Gordon Hud-dleston visited a bar in St. Louis, Missouri, in the company of a young woman he had met for the first time earlier that evening. When they left the bar, he was…