State v. Martin

This case arose during the appellant Martin’s serving of a 15 year sentence in the Moberly facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was there following his guilty plea for first degree robbery. On October 7, 1981, less than three weeks after being in the facility, the appellant was found to have a knife in his pants pocket. He was charged in Randolph County with the Class D felony of carrying a concealed weapon under § 571.030.1(1) (amended 1981) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri Cum.Supp.1983. Martin’s motion for change of venue was sustained, and the case went to Cooper…