Man sentenced to additional terms for Cape robbery

A convicted murderer serving prison time on an unrelated robbery charge was sentenced Monday to two additional 30-year terms for first-degree robbery by Scott County Circuit Judge David Dolan.

In November 2002, a jury found James L. Woodson, 39, guilty of two Cape Girardeau robberies. Using a handgun, Woodson robbed the Citgo convenience store at 263 Farrar Drive on Aug. 19, 1999, and a Pizza Hut restaurant, formerly at 703 Broadway, three days later, said Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle.

Woodson will serve the two sentences concurrently, said Swingle. Assistant prosecutor Ian Sutherland handled the case, which was moved to Scott County on change of venue.

Woodson was convicted in July 2002 of first-degree robbery in Scott County and sentenced in October to 25 years in prison. Sutherland litigated the case as a special prosecutor for Scott County.

In his most recent case, Woodson was charged as a prior and persistent offender because of two 1980 convictions for murder and burglary in Alexander County, Ill., Swingle said.