State v. Williams

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction of robbery in the second degree. The defendant was found to be a persistent offender under § 558.016, RSMo. 1978 and was sentenced by the trial court to a term of twenty-five years pursuant to § 558.021. We affirm.

The pivotal issue of this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant’s request to strike for cause venireperson Mary Privett.

*128Our standard of review was enunciated in State v. Christian, 604 S.W.2d 758, 760 (Mo. App. 1980) as follows:

[T]he trial court has vast discretion in ruling on a…