STATE v. McDOWELL

No. KCD 27537.

525 S.W.2d 444 (1975)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Willie Lee McDOWELL, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied July 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Handley, Acting Public Defender, Mark D. Johnson, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

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

Before WASSERSTROM, P. J., and SHANGLER and DIXON, JJ.


WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence of imprisonment for a period of nine years assessed by a jury for the offense of Robbery in the First Degree under Sections 560.120 and 560.135, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. The sole point relied on is alleged error by the trial court in refusing a continuance.

In the early morning of January 31, 1974, Mr. Larry Scott and Mr. Leon Eskina were robbed at gunpoint in a taxicab driven by Mr. Eskina...

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