Dees v. State

HOGAN, Judge.

On June 2, 1971, Charles Franklin Dees and a companion entered a rural service station, subdued an employee with an empty pop bottle, and stole the cash register. The two then broke the cash register by dropping it on the driveway outside, and took the contents. The State contended that the cash register contained $173.52, but, according to Mr. Dees, “there wasn’t no $173.00, [only] $158.00.” Mr. Dees, to whom we shall refer as the defendant, was subsequently charged with robbery in the first degree, as defined and denounced by § 560.120, RSMo 1969, V.A. M.S.,1 pleaded guilty to…