State v. Fields

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Appeal from a conviction by a jury of robbery first degree under Sec. 569.020, RSMo.1978. Defendant was sentenced as a persistent offender to thirty years imprisonment. We affirm.

On April 8, 1979, the victim was walking across a parking lot in the City of St. Louis when defendant approached her from the rear. With the aid of a knife, defendant took the victim’s purse. At trial, the victim identified defendant and provided the only testimony of the circumstances of the robbery.

Defendant first asserts error in the failure of the trial court to instruct the jury on the…