State v. Kirk

BARDGETT, Judge.

Appellant Eugene C. Kirk was convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree, § 569.020, RSMo 1978, and sentenced to life imprisonment as a persistent and dangerous offender pursuant to § 558.016, 1980 Laws of Mo. 495. This Court has jurisdiction. Mo.Const. art. V, § 3.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not questioned. This Court’s review shows the evidence to have been sufficient to permit a jury to find appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Under the evidence the jury could find beyond a reasonable doubt that at about 1:00 a. m. on Sunday, August 24, 1980, the…