STATE v. KING

No. 50017.

372 S.W.2d 857 (1963)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Lester KING, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar M. Eagan, Jefferson City, for appellant.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., Clyde Burch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

In 1955 in Phelps County the appellant Lester King was charged with robbery in the first degree. After a change of venue he was tried in November 1955 in the Circuit Court of Cole County, found guilty and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. In February 1962, it was charged in the Circuit Court of Cole County, in a good and sufficient information, that on December 24, 1961, while serving the sentence of 15 years' imprisonment in the penitentiary...

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