State v. Johnson

FENNER, Presiding Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, Val E. Johnson appeals his convictions of first degree robbery and armed criminal action and the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief.

The evidence adduced at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, revealed that at approximately 5:30 p.m., on April 13, 1989, the victim, Ms. Dorothy Hosier, drove into the parking lot of a grocery store located in Raytown, Missouri. Ms. Hosier had stepped out and was standing beside her car when she was ap proached by a man who ordered her to give him her purse.

When Ms. Hosier…