State v. Boyd

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Judge.

Gary L. Boyd (“Appellant”) was convicted by a jury of the class C felony of receiving stolen property, a violation of Section 570.080. 1 The trial court sentenced Appellant, as a prior offender, to six years imprisonment. Appellant raises two points in this appeal.

In the first, Appellant alleges that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a mistrial when the State informed the jury during voir dire that Appellant was not obliged to testify at trial. In the second of Appellant’s points, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to…