STATE v. RICHARDS

No. 36142.

536 S.W.2d 779 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Lonnie Lee RICHARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied April 13, 1976.

Application to Transfer Denied June 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Moore, Public Defender, and Melvin G. Franke, Public Defender, 20th Judicial Circuit, Union, for defendant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean and Timothy J. Verhagen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, Daniel M. Buescher, Pros. Atty., Union, for plaintiff-respondent.


SIMEONE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Lonnie Lee Richards, was charged, tried and found guilty of the offense of robbery in the first degree. § 560.120. In accordance with the jury verdict he was sentenced by the circuit court of Franklin County to six years in the department of corrections. He appeals. For reasons hereinafter stated, we affirm.

A jury could reasonably find that during the afternoon of January 13, 1973, Franklin Blanton, a farmer...

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