State v. Wright

BARDGETT, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Andre Wright appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the Circuit Court of Jackson County whereby the appellant, after having been found guilty of robbery first degree (sec. 560.120, RSMo 1969), by a jury, was sentenced to eighteen years’ imprisonment. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed, after which appellant’s motion for transfer to this court was granted to examine the question of whether the court of appeals opinion was in conflict with State v. Nimrod, 559 S.W.2d 592 (Mo.App. 1977), a companion case, in which an issue on…