State v. Hamilton

KENNETH W. SHRUM, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted Adam Lee Hamilton (Defendant) of one count of robbery in the first degree, § 569.020, one count of assault in the first degree, § 565.050, and two counts of armed criminal action, § 571.015. 1 Because Defendant was a prior and persistent offender, the trial court imposed the sentences. Defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction.

The question presented is whether Defendant is entitled to a new trial where, after the entire staff of the prosecutors’ office was disqualified on grounds of conflict of interest, the prosecutor and his…