State v. Burton

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of attempted robbery and assault with intent to kill with malice aforethought and the court imposed sentences of 20 and 30 years respectively to be served consecutively. We affirm.

Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to establish the attempted robbery charge on the basis that there was no evidence of an intent to steal. At approximately 5:00 p. m. on December 15, 1978, Lester Ficke, a retired policeman, was collecting rents in the 5700 block of Pershing in St. Louis. He was approached outside the rental property by…