State v. Johnson

CLEMENS, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of first-degree robbery (Count I) and operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent (Count II). A jury found defendant guilty on both counts and assessed punishment at five years on the robbery count and one year on the motor-vehicle count. Defendant appeals, the only issue validly raised being whether the trial court properly permitted the state to try both counts at one trial.

About seven o’clock on the night of December 20, 1971, Mary Spears left her parked car bearing license AIF-119 on Kingshighway in St. Louis; when she returned the car was…