State v. Goode

KELLY, Judge.

Stephen Dale Goode was convicted by a jury of robbery in the second degree; § 569.030 RSMo 1978. The trial court entered judgment on the verdict and sentenced appellant as a persistent offender to a term of thirty years imprisonment. He appealed.

At trial appellant sought removal of veni-reperson Bolasina for cause on the grounds of her alleged stated inability to give appellant a fair trial if she did not hear him testify. He also raised this issue in his motion for new trial. On appeal, however, appellant argues venireperson Bolasina’s alleged inability to give appellant a fair…