State v. Pogue

Defendant was jury convicted of manslaughter. The transcript on appeal recites: “Thereafter, on December 3, 1976, the Court made the following docket entry: ‘12-3-76 State appears by . . .; defendant in person and by attorney . . .; Motion for New Trial overruled; allocution granted; it is the order and judgment defendant be committed to Missouri Department of Corrections for five years in accordance with jury verdict . . .

Rule 27.11, V.A.M.R., provides: “Whenever a judgment upon a conviction shall be rendered in any court, the clerk of such court shall enter such judgment and sentence…