STATE v. BALL

No. 47575.

339 S.W.2d 783 (1960)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. William Arthur BALL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

November 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dewey S. Godfrey, St. Louis, for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Richard R. Nacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

A jury has found William Arthur Ball guilty of robbery in the first degree; the jury also found prior felony convictions and, therefore, a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. V.A.M.S. §§ 560.120, 560.135, 556.280.

The facts, briefly, as the jury could find them were that about 2:30 in the afternoon of October 15, 1958, two colored men, one of them tall and the other short, entered the Krekeler Jewelry Store...

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