State v. Morrow

EAGER, Judge.

Defendant was charged by information with robbery by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon (§§ 560.135 and 560.120, RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S.). By amended information he was further charged with the commission of two prior felonies under the Habitual Criminal Act. Upon trial with -appointed counsel, defendant was found guilty of first degree robbery and the jury further found that he had been convicted of two prior felonies; his punishment was assessed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. Motion for new trial was duly filed; on July 22, 1957, it was overruled. On that same day…