Missouri Court of Appeals August 12, 1986, No. 50986 (State v. Raiford)

STEPHAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Larry Raiford was found guilty of robbery in the first degree, § 569.020 RSMo 1978, after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. The trial court found defendant to be a persistent offender pursuant to § 558.016 RSMo Cum.Supp. 1984, and sentenced defendant to thirty years in the Missouri Department of Corrections and Human Resources.