Legal Opinion

State v. Gann

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 31, 1989No. 15961Published

1Opinion of the Court

GREENE, Judge.

Defendant, Rodney Gann, was jury-convicted of the crime of robbery in the first degree, § 569.020 RSMo 1986, and thereafter sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment as punishment for the crime.

Gann appeals, contending the trial court erred in 1) failing to strike for cause several members of the jury panel Gann asserts were biased against him, and 2) failing to declare a mistrial when a venireperson, during voir dire, asked if during Gann’s escape attempt a jailer had been assaulted. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not disputed. It suffices to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. RoyalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
  2. State v. LeisureSupreme Court of Missouri · 1988
  3. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1951
  4. State v. BizzleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
  5. State v. StewartMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980

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