State v. Beatty

SATZ, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a conviction by a jury of robbery in the first degree, kidnapping and sodomy. The jury assessed punishment and the trial court imposed sentences of five, two and twenty years respectively. The sentences for kidnapping and sodomy were to be served concurrently. The sentence for robbery was to be served consecutively with the other two sentences. We affirm.

From the evidence, the jury could have found that one morning at approximately 4:00 a. m., Phyllis King was working alone as a clerk at a Seven-Eleven store located in O’Fallon, Missouri. At that time,…