STATE v. TOWNES

No. 55253.

461 S.W.2d 761 (1970)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Sonny TOWNES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied January 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Craig A. Van Matre, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

John A. Blumenfeld, Blumenfeld, Kalishman, Marx & Tureen, St. Louis, for appellant.


Motion for Rehearing or Transfer to Court En Banc Denied January 11, 1971.

FINCH, Judge.

Defendant, prosecuted under the Second Offender Act (§ 556.280, V.A.M.S.), was found guilty by the jury of robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon (§ 560.135, V.A.M.S.). The court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for ten years, and he appealed. We affirm.

On August 16, 1968...

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