State v. Jennings

Eustace Jennings appeals his conviction of five counts of first degree robbery and one count of second *57degree robbery. He argues that he was unconstitutionally restrained at trial and that the jury was instructed erroneously on the definition of display of a weapon. He also appeals his sentence of life without parole as a persistent offender, arguing that one of his prior convictions was not a “strike” for purposes of the Persistent Offender Accountability Act (the Act). He argues that the Act is unconstitutional because it does not require the sentencing court to prove all sentencing facts…