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STATE v. MORRIS

No. 46889.

661 S.W.2d 84 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Roy MORRIS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

November 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Paskal, Clayton, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

SIMON, Judge.

Morris appeals from a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, where he was found guilty of robbery in the first degree, § 569.020 RSMo 1978, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Morris contends, on appeal: (1) the sentence imposed is cruel and unusual and, therefore, violative of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 21 of Missouri's Constitution; (2) the trial court erred in not reducing the...

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