State v. Phillips

TURNAGE, Presiding Judge.

Robert L. Phillips was found guilty by a jury of three counts of forgery, § 570.090.-1(4), RSMo 1978. He was sentenced to serve two years on each count with the sentences to run consecutively.

On this appeal Phillips contends the court erred in admitting evidence that he stole a purse containing the check which was later forged. Affirmed.

In September, 1979, Gina Parker encountered Phillips as she was going to a job interview. Phillips displayed a knife and took Ms. Parker’s purse, which contained her checkbook. On December 24, 1979, a man, later identified as Phillips,…