State v. Williams

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of attempted robbery in the first degree. He was sentenced to seventeen years imprisonment as a persistent offender. On appeal, the seminal issue is a refusal of the trial court to sustain defendant’s challenge for cause of a retired police department employee venireman. We reverse and remand.

Our standard of review was enunciated by the Missouri Supreme Court in State v. Treadway, 558 S.W.2d 646, 649 (Mo.banc 1977), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 838, 99 S.Ct. 124, 58 L.Ed.2d 135 (1978):

In determining the qualifications of a prospective juror, the trial…