State v. Ross

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Defendant, Louis Tyler Ross, appeals a jury conviction of robbery first degree and two counts of assault with intent to kill with malice aforethought. The trial court sentenced defendant to twelve years imprisonment for robbery and fifteen and eighteen years imprisonment for the assaults pursuant to § 556.280 RSMo 1978. Sentences to run concurrently.

About 7:45 on the night of November 19, 1978, in the City of St. Louis, Artemus Haley, Sr., was driving south on Jefferson Avenue when he noticed defendant hitchhiking. Haley stopped and offered defendant a ride as far as Chouteau…