State v. Crenshaw

KAROHL, Judge.

Defendant, Sherman Crenshaw, appeals after conviction and sentence to serve fifteen years as a prior and persistent offender on a charge of robbery in the first degree, in violation of section 569.020 RSMo 1994. Defendant seeks a new trial based on the trial court’s denial of his request to instruct the jury on the defense of duress. We reverse and remand.

There was evidence to support finding the following facts. On November 7, 1997 Denise M. Lehmuth (Lehmuth) drove to the 6100 block of Hancock where she picked up her friend, Allie Ellis (Ellis), to drive him to the liquor store…