STATE v. AIKENS

No. 56928.

507 S.W.2d 386 (1974)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Leevert AIKENS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

April 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Jefferson City, Charles B. Blackmar, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, for respondent.

Alfred I. Harris, St. Louis, for appellant.


HOUSER, Commissioner.

Leevert Aikens, charged with and convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree and sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment, has appealed. We have jurisdiction since the notice of appeal was filed prior to January 1, 1972.

Appellant's first point is that the State failed to meet its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant was guilty of the crime charged. There was evidence from which the jury could find these facts:...

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