State v. Wilkerson

SNYDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of burglary in the first degree and stealing over $150.00. §§ 570.030 and 569.160 RSMo. (1978). The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant raises four points on appeal. He asserts the trial court erred: (1) in refusing to strike the jury panel when the state systematically excluded all the blacks with its peremptory challenges; (2) in permitting the state to ask several questions in cross-examination of appellant’s brother, Kenneth Wilkerson, concerning a missing witness; (3) in permitting the state to request an expanded penalty in the rebuttal…