STATE v. MARTIN

No. 55838.

465 S.W.2d 594 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Melvin Perry MARTIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

April 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Charles A. Blackmar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Karl F. Lang, St. Louis, for appellant.


WELBORN, Commissioner.

Melvin Perry Martin was found guilty by a jury in the St. Louis Circuit Court of robbery in the first degree with a deadly weapon. Acting under the Second Offender Act, the court assessed punishment of ten years' imprisonment. This appeal followed.

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