State v. Byrd

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, Byron Byrd, appeals from convictions, after a jury trial, of one count of robbery in the first degree and one count of armed criminal action. Defendant was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to consecutive terms of imprisonment totalling 50 years. Defendant also appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

The Subway Sandwich Shop in Bridge-ton, Missouri, was robbed on February 4, 1989, between 7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Lee Whitfield was on duty that evening and told police that a masked man pointed a gun at him and…