State v. Bostic

GAITAN, Judge.

Defendant, Eric Bostic, was convicted by a jury of first degree robbery and armed criminal action, in violation of Mo.Rev.Stat. §§ 569.020 and 571.015 (1986), and sentenced to concurrent terms of ten years for robbery and ten years for armed criminal action. The defendant appeals his conviction, contending that the trial court erred in: (1) advising the jury, in response to their written query, that their recommendation for punishment must be unanimous; (2) failing to strike the venire panel because it did not afford the defendant a fair, representative cross-section of the…