State v. Gregory

EAGER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged by information with first degree robbery and a prior felony conviction. A jury found him guilty, and the court found from the evidence that the Habitual Criminal Act was applicable; it imposed a sentence of ten years, later reduced to eight. By a timely motion for new trial counsel properly raised the question which now constitutes the issue on this appeal. Defendant was and is most effectively represented by a member of the staff of the Public Defender of Jackson County.

The evidence here must be considered in the light most favorable to the jury’s…