State v. Pittman

ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

Charged by information in two counts, Roscoe James Pittman was found guilty by a jury of robbery, first degree, and of assault with intent to kill without malice, and he has appealed from the ensuing judgment. We affirm.

A jury reasonably could find from the evidence that on October 21 1976, appellant entered the ladies’ rest room at a rest area on Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County and knocked Mrs. Mabel Stewart to the floor, choked her and hit her in the face with his fist. He then grabbed some car keys from Mrs. Stewart’s hand and a watch from her wrist,…