STATE v. VANSANDTS

No. 37115.

540 S.W.2d 192 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Joseph VANSANDTS, Defendant-Appellant.

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

August 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Rieke and Blair K. Drazic, Asst. Public Defenders, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Charles L. Howard, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


SIMEONE, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant-appellant, Joseph H. Vansandts, from a judgment of conviction entered by the circuit court of the City of St. Louis upon a jury verdict by which the appellant was sentenced to five years in the department of corrections for the offense of robbery in the first degree. § 560.120, RSMo 1969.

This appeal requires us to balance the rights of an accused who allegedly lacks mental capacity to understand...

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