State v. Douglas

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Anthony Douglas, with at least three prior felony convictions, has been found guilty of robbery with a deadly weapon (RSMo 1969, §§ 560.120, 560.135 V.A.M.S.) and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. The circumstances were that in the early morning hours, between two and three o’clock, July 22, 1969, David Coleman was on duty in the Clark Service Station at Kingshighway and Terry Streets “when six guys,” (“all were Negroes”), entered the station and at gun point held up Coleman and took $20.00 from his wallet and $126.00 belonging to the station. Douglas, admittedly,…