State v. Viviano

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of second degree robbery, § 569.030, RSMo 1986. 1 He was sentenced by the court as a prior, persistent and class X offender to a twelve year prison term. He also appeals the denial, after an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. We affirm.

The evidence reveals that on June 27, 1991, at approximately 7:20 p.m., Officer John Vogt of the St. Louis Police Department was on patrol with his partner in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis when they were dispatched to Ninth and Russell to investigate a…