State v. Rogers

CROW, Judge.

A jury found Appellant, Rickie James Rogers, guilty of failure to appear. § 544.665.1(1), RSMol986. The trial court sentenced Appellant as a prior offender and a persistent offender to seven years’ imprisonment.1

Appellant brings this appeal. His sole point relied on avers the trial court erred in refusing instructions tendered by Appellant hypothesizing an affirmative defense that he failed to appear because he was under duress.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. Viewed favorably to the verdict, State v. Grim, 854 S.W.2d 403, 405…