State v. Cheatum

SHANGLER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted by a jury of robbery and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of fifteen years. This appeal follows.

The facts of the offense are not in dispute. The offense was committed during the early morning hours at a service station in Columbia, Missouri, operated by Robert Breden. Appellant entered the station to get change for a fifty dollar bill but left when he was told he could not be accommodated. Moments later he returned and ordered Breden to give him all of his money. Appellant pulled a gun and as a mark of his serious intention, fired his pistol and…