State v. Watts

DIXON, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Kenneth L. Watts, was convicted by a Jackson County jury of assault with intent to rob and was sentenced by the court to seven (7) years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections. This is a direct and timely appeal from that judgment and sentence.

On the evening of October 27, 1972, Columbus Nelson, Jr., and his brother Linson Quincy Nelson, went to a residence at 1813 East 38th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, for the purpose of shooting dice, arriving at approximately 11:30 p. m. At or near midnight, Columbus heard two shots from the front room of…