State v. Lasson.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. E. E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The evidence in this case is wholly insufficient to sustain the judgment of conviction.
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. E. E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The evidence in this case is wholly insufficient to sustain the judgment of conviction. State v. Wheaton, 221 S. W. 26; State v. Bass, 251 Mo. 126; State v. Powell, 266 Mo. 108; State v. Tracy, 225 S. W. 1009; State v. Scott, 177 Mo. 665; State v. Francis, 199 Mo. 671; State v. Adkins, 222 S. W. 431; State v. Ruckman, .253 ¡Mo. 487; State v. Nesenhener, 164 Mo. 461; State v. Kelsay, 228 S. W. 754. (2) Any offense committed in this case was larceny and not robbery. The State’s evidence shows that the bag was grabbed from…
1Opinion of the Court
On June 2, 1920, the Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson County, Missouri, filed, in the Criminal Court of said county, a verified information charging the defendant herein with robbery in the first degree. Defendant was duly arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. The trial of said cause was commenced on August 10, 1920, before a jury, and the latter returned into court, on August 11, 1920, the following verdict:
"We, the jury, find defendant, Lawrence Lasson, guilty of robbery in the first degree as charged in the information, and assess his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary.
"JOHN…
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