State v. Rickman

GARRISON, Judge.

James Darren Rickman (Defendant) was sentenced, as a prior and persistent offender, to life imprisonment plus 120 years following his jury conviction for first degree burglary (§ 569.160),1 first degree assault (§ 565.050), first degree robbery (§ 569.020), and three counts of armed criminal action (§ 571.015). On this appeal he contends that the trial court erred in failing to give his tendered alibi instruction (MAI-CR 3d 308.04).

On March 21, 1994, at approximately 6:15 a.m., a man wearing a ski mask forcibly entered the home of Roger and Sue Hamm in Stotts City, Missouri,…