STATE v. HOUSTON

No. 54771.

451 S.W.2d 37 (1970)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Gerald Gene HOUSTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

March 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Thomas L. Patten, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Samuel T. Vandover, Clayton, for appellant.


PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

By the verdict of a jury appellant was found guilty of robbery in the first degree by force and violence. A previous felony conviction having been alleged and found, appellant as a second offender was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the Department of Corrections.

The first issue presented is whether appellant was entitled, under the evidence, to have the jury instructed upon the lesser offense of stealing from a person.

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