State v. Dowe

STORCKMAN, Judge.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree. Section 560.120, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. A prior conviction within the purview of § 556.280 was charged and was conceded by the defendant. The court, therefore, assessed the punishment and sentenced the defendant to imprisonment for a term of fifty years. The defendant is represented on appeal by the same attorney who represented him at the trial.

The evidence tended to prove that the defendant violently assaulted the victim, Andrew Lee Whitlock, and robbed him of an amount in excess of four dollars. Mr.…