State v. Hawkins

EAGER, Judge.

Defendant was charged by amended information as an habitual offender, § 556.280,1 with robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. Section 560.120. A jury found him *923guilty as charged and, after an unavailing motion for new trial, he was sentenced by the court to confinement in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a period of ninety-nine years. Section 560.135. He appeals.

The case has pursued an unusually lengthy course since sentence was imposed. Additional time was granted for filing the transcript; thereafter the case was submitted and an…