State v. Morrow

RENDLEN, JUDGE.

Defendant James Lee Morrow appeals his conviction of first degree robbery by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon, § 560.-135 RSMo. 1969, Y.A.M.S. Having a prior conviction of burglary second degree and stealing, Morrow was sentenced to thirty-five years imprisonment, § 556.280 RSMo. 1969, V.A.M.S.

On September 30, 1973, Paul Pittman, attendant at a St. Louis automobile service station, was robbed at gunpoint of his wallet and eash-on-hand at the station. Curiously, he received an envelope in the mail, sans return address, containing his stolen wallet, in turn containing…