State v. Smith

TURNAGE, Judge.

Mark Smith was found guilty by a jury of robbery in the first degree, a Class A felony. Section 569.020, RSMo 1978. The jury assessed punishment at imprisonment for fourteen years, but the court, on a finding that Smith was a dangerous offender, increased the punishment to twenty years.

Smith contends error in sustaining an objection to a portion of his counsel’s final argument; in admitting evidence of fingerprints; in failing to suppress in-court identification and in enhancing the punishment. Affirmed.

In the early morning hours of March 30, 1980, an armed robbery occurred at…