State v. Ross

BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Defendant Calvin Ross was tried as a habitual criminal for armed robbery and felonious assault. A Mississippi County jury found him guilty of the two felonies and the trial judge sentenced him to consecutive terms of 35 years and 25 years.1 We affirm.

Defendant was convicted of the armed robbery of the proprietress of a rural Stod-dard County liquor store and shooting a man as the latter entered the establishment.

Defendant’s first point states: “Appellant’s Conviction Under Count II [felonious assault] Is Erroneous Under the Facts and the Law Stated in the Instructions.”

Th…