State v. Williams

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury under § 569.020, RSMo 1979, of robbery in the first degree. The trial court entered judgment on the verdict and sentenced appellant as a persistent offender to a term of thirty years imprisonment. On appeal, appellant contends the trial court committed reversible error: (1) In denying appellant’s motion to strike a venireperson who initially indicated that failure of the defendant to take the witness stand in his own defense might interfere with her decision making, and (2) By overruling appellant’s objections to alleged inflammatory…