State v. Reed

KENNETH W. SHRUM, Judge.

A jury convicted James Reed (Defendant) of two counts of first degree robbery, § 569.020, one count of class B felony assault in the first degree, § 565.050, and three counts of armed criminal action, § 571.015.1 In total, the trial court sentenced Defendant to twenty-nine years in the penitentiary.

On appeal, Defendant claims the trial court “plainly erred” when, at the jury’s request and during its deliberations, the court let the jury review a transcript of the preliminary hearing testimony of a witness who had died before trial. Defendant asserts reversal is…