State v. Cooper

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Defendant, James Cooper, appeals from his conviction on one count of first degree robbery, section 569.020 RSMo 1978, and one count of armed criminal action, section 571.015 RSMo 1978. As a prior offender, defendant received consecutive prison sentences of fifteen years for the robbery offense and three years for armed criminal action.

On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred in: (1) excluding expert testimony on the reliability of eyewitness identifications; (2) denying defendant’s motion for a mistrial when one of the state’s eyewitnesses testified…