State v. Harris

NUGENT, Judge.

Defendant Bruce E. Harris appeals his convictions by a jury of first degree robbery, § 569.020, and armed criminal action, § 571.0151, for which he was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of fifteen years and five years, respectively. Defendant first claims that the trial court erred by prohibiting him from outlining in his opening statement favorable evidence that he expected the state to produce. Defendant also claims that the trial court erred in giving MAI-CR2d 1.02 and MAI-CR2d 2.20 in that those instructions improperly define “reasonable doubt” as proof that…