State v. Houston

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals from two convictions, one for robbery in the first degree and the other for robbery in the second degree. Defendant was convicted by a jury and sentenced by the court, as a persistent offender, under Chapter 558, RSMo 1978, to consecutive terms of twenty years and ten years in the Department of Corrections. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred in admitting certain testimony from the arresting officer. We affirm.

We note initially that during the proceedings at issue here, Rule 27.20(a) was in effect and required defendant to file his motion…