State v. Rulo

CROW, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether Appellant’s forgery conviction in a judge-tried case must be reversed because the record contains no indication that Appellant waived his right to trial by jury.

Appellant, a prior offender and persistent offender, §§ 558.016.2 1 and 558.016.3, respectively, was charged with two counts of forgery, a class C felony. § 570.090.1(4). Each offense was allegedly committed on March 22, 1997, in Ozark County. 2 The trial. court acquitted Appellant of Count I but found him guilty of Count II and imposed a ten-year prison sentence.

Appellant’s brief…