State v. Williams

FLANIGAN, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of the Class A felony of robbery in the first degree, § 569.020,1 and he was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. He contends that the trial court erred: (1) in refusing to give an instruction submitting the lesser included offense of robbery in the second degree, and (2) in permitting the state to impeach his testimony by use of a finding of guilty by a jury in a separate case.

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