State v. Jones

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of escaping before conviction in violation of § 557.390 R.S.Mo.1969; the sentence was two years imprisonment. Two points are raised upon appeal: (1) that the trial court erred in requiring two defense witnesses to appear before the jury in leg shackles; and, (2) that the trial court erred in failing to give prompt effect to writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum issued for two defense witnesses. We affirm the judgment.

Defendant was being held in custody on a conviction for armed robbery and a charge of assault. On June 25, 1974, he and at least four other…