STATE v. POWELL

No. KCD 28182.

542 S.W.2d 588 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Melvin POWELL, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

October 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Larson, Public Defender, Lee M. Nation, Asst. Public Defender, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Kansas City, for appellant.

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

Before DIXON, P.J., PRITCHARD, C.J., and WASSERSTROM, J.


PRITCHARD, Chief Judge.

By the verdict of a jury appellant was found guilty of robbery in the first degree and his punishment was fixed by it at 58 years imprisonment. Appellant filed a motion for reduction of punishment which was sustained by the trial court and he was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment in the Department of Corrections.

The indictment of the Grand Jury charged appellant with the robbery of Greg Melenson of $932.00 in his care and custody...

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