State v. Washington

KURT S. ODENWALD, Presiding Judge.

Introduction

Everett Washington (Defendant) appeals from the Judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, following a jury trial, convicting him of one count of second-degree robbery, in violation of Section 569.030, RSMo 2000.1 Defendant was sentenced as a prior felony offender to twelve years of incarceration. We affirm the trial court’s Judgment and find the trial court did not err in denying Defendant’s Batson2 challenge.

Background

Defendant was indicted as a prior felony offender on one count of robbery in the first degree, in violation…