State v. Seltzer

KELLY, Judge.

William Seltzer, the appellant was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis of Assault in the First Degree, § 565.050 RSMo. 1978,1 and was sentenced to twenty five years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections after a finding by the trial court that he was a persistent offender. § 558.016.-4(1). He appealed and we affirm.

The prosecution has its genesis in the shooting of one Claiborne Jones in the 4000 block of McRee Street in the City of St. Louis at approximately 8:30 p.m. on August 9, 1979. According to the State’s evidence Jones and…