State v. Goldsby

SIMON, Judge.

Gordon Goldsby, appellant, appeals his jury convictions in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County for kidnapping, § 559.240 RSMo.1969; rape, § 559.260 RSMo.1969; and assault with intent to do great bodily harm with malice, § 559.180 RSMo.1969, for which he was sentenced to consecutive terms of ten years, life, and twenty-five years respectively. Appellant also appeals the denial of his post-conviction relief (Rule 29.15) motion.

On appeal, appellant claims the trial court erred in (1) failing to require the state to explain its peremptory jury strikes exercised against four of five…