State v. Rice

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Appellant, Shatondi Rice (“defendant”), appeals the judgment of conviction entered after a bench trial wherein defendant was found guilty of robbery in the second degree, RSMo § 569.030,1 and armed criminal action, RSMo § 571.015, in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. We affirm.

The following evidence was adduced at trial: On the morning of August 13,1994, Shelby Stanfield (“victim”) was seated at a bus stop at the intersection of Gravois, Utah, and Virginia Avenues. A young man, later identified as defendant, approached victim, sat down next to her, and began…