State v. Decker

STEPHAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant Charles Decker was indicted for and tried jointly on the charges of first-degree robbery and stealing a motor vehicle. Defendant’s motion to sever the offenses was denied. He was convicted on the stealing count and acquitted of the robbery. Having been tried under the Second Offender Act, § 556.280, RSMo 1969, he was sentenced by the trial court to ten years in prison. We affirm.

On June 25, 1976, defendant took a test drive of some fifteen to twenty minutes in a new yellow Toyota Corolla lift-back with salesman Patrick Logue of Placke Toyota. After…