State v. Debold

SIMON, Judge.

Defendant, Scott W. Debold, was found guilty of the robbery of Ken Heyer in the first degree (§ 569.020, RSMo (1978)), (all further references shall be to RSMo 1978), armed criminal action (§ 571.015), and assault (§ 565.050), for which he received consecutive terms of 30, 15, and 10 years imprisonment, respectively.

On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred in: (1) submitting instruction 6, the verdict director for robbery in the first degree, because said instruction lacked evidentiary support and invited jury speculation and confusion, on the force necessary to…