State v. Holmes

REINHARD, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Rodney Holmes, from convictions for the offenses of robbery in the first degree and felonious restraint. §§ 569.020 and 565.120, RSMo 1978. Defendant received a ten year sentence for robbery and a consecutive five year sentence for felonious restraint. Defendant appeals.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, so that only those facts necessary for the disposition of the points raised on this appeal need be stated. A jury could reasonably find the following: On the evening of October 8, 1979, Joseph Vaughn had left an…