STATE v. HOLMES

No. 50824.

428 S.W.2d 571 (1968)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Earl James HOLMES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 3.

May 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. O'Brien, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., University City, for respondent.

John B. Shewmaker, St. Louis, for appellant.


PHIL H. COOK, Special Judge.

The defendant was charged with the crime of robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. The information charged the defendant with nine prior felony convictions under what is generally known as the "Habitual Criminal Act." Defendant was tried and found guilty by a jury and his punishment was assessed at eighteen years in the penitentiary by the trial court. After a motion for a new trial was overruled, allocution...

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