State v. Johnson

NUGENT, Judge.

The defendant, Steven Johnson, was tried before a jury on a two count indictment for promoting prostitution in the first and second degree. §§ 567.050, 567.060, R.S.Mo. (1978). Defendant was sentenced by the court as a persistent offender to a fifteen year term of imprisonment. Defendant now appeals his conviction, asserting that the trial court erred (1) in denying his motion for continuance (2) by permitting the introduction of hearsay evidence made by an alleged co-conspirator, and (3) in overruling his alternative motions for judgment of acquittal or for new trial. We affirm…