State v. Pollard

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree, § 569.020, RSMo 1986. He was sentenced as a “prior offender” and a “class X offender” to a term of ten years’ imprisonment under § 558.019, RSMo 1986. We reverse and remand for resentencing.

Defendant’s only point on appeal concerns his eligibility for parole under § 558.019. He does not question his conviction or the ten-year term of his sentence. Defendant asserts § 558.019 was unconstitutionally applied to him in that the crime was committed on September 15, 1986, pri- or to the effective date of § 558.019, and,…