State v. Parker

SIMON, Judge.

Defendant, Carl Parker, was found guilty by jury of burglary in the first degree in violation of § 569.160, RSMo (1978) (all further references shall be to RSMo (1978) unless otherwise noted); robbery in the second degree in violation of § 569.030; kidnapping in violation of § 565.110; and two counts of attempted rape in violation of § 564.011. He was sentenced in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis to four consecutive prison terms, totaling eighty years.

Defendant raises three points on appeal. Defendant contends that the trial court committed reversible error: (1) in…