State v. Brown

MAUS, Judge.

The defendant was charged and convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree and was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment. Viewing the evidence most favorably to the state as required by the jury verdict, State v. Franco, 544 S.W.2d 533 (Mo. banc 1976), there was evidence from which the jury could have found the following facts. On February 14,1979, Paul Bowles had the use of his family’s automobile and picked up his acquaintance, the defendant. The two drove to Mt. Vernon to the home of Paul Magadanz, a friend of the defendant. There they played pool and drank for several…