State v. Dennison

428 S.W.2d 573 (1968)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

James Albert DENNISON, Appellant.

No. 52672.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

June 10, 1968.

Norman H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Claude W. McElwee, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, for respondent.

Thomas R. Schwarz, St. Louis, for appellant.

STORCKMAN, Judge.

A jury found the defendant guilty of robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. The state out of the presence and hearing of the jury proved a prior conviction of murder in the second degree and the court sentenced the defendant to…