State v. Blackburn

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, appellant, Clayton Blackburn, appeals his jury conviction for robbery in the first degree, R.S.Mo. § 569.020 (1986), for which he was sentenced as a persistent offender pursuant to R.S.Mo. § 558.016 (1986), to fifteen years imprisonment. Appellant also appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

The evidence adduced at trial revealed that at approximately 8:05 p.m. on the night of October 24, 1987, Kendreth Ray, an off-duty deputy sheriff for St. Louis City, went to the Landmark Bank in…