State v. Christian

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Zivan Christian, appeals from a judgment entered by the trial court after a jury found him guilty of felonious restraint, in violation of section 565.120 RSMo (2000), and burglary in the first degree, in violation of section 569.160 RSMo (2000). The trial court found defendant to be a prior and persistent offender and sentenced him to fifteen years imprisonment for felonious restraint and seventeen years imprisonment for burglary, to be served concurrently.

On appeal, defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on both counts. He also…