STATE v. BELLEW

No. 11708.

612 S.W.2d 401 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Richard Stephen BELLEW, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing and Transfer Denied February 20, 1981.

Application to Transfer Denied April 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Baker, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John C. Reed, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


HOGAN, Judge.

A jury found defendant Richard Stephen Bellew guilty of first-degree robbery as defined and denounced by § 560.120, RSMo 1969, now repealed. The trial court determined that the Second Offender Act, former § 556.280, was applicable and assessed defendant's punishment at imprisonment for a term of 35 years. Defendant appeals.

On August 14, 1978, defendant and a companion "walked away" from the Fordland Honor Camp, a place of penal confinement...

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