State v. McCombs

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Appellant challenges his conviction of robbery in the second degree, § 569.030, RSMo 1986, after a jury trial. As a Persistent Offender, he was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment. The issues raised on appeal are as follows: 1) the trial court erred in allowing instructions for robbery in the first and second degrees while refusing to offer an instruction for stealing under $150.00; and 2) the trial court erred in failing to grant a mistrial because improper statements were made by the prosecutor during his closing argument. We do not find merit in these contentions…