State v. Cyprian

KAROHL, Judge.

The trial court sentenced defendant, Herbert L. Cyprian, as a prior offender after a guilty jury verdict on the charge of robbery *11in the second degree. Section 569.030 RSMo 1986. In support of an argument for new trial, defendant contends the trial court committed reversible error by: (1) overruling defendant’s objection to the state’s peremptory striking venireperson Patterson; and (2) in allowing the state to cross-examine defendant regarding a confession in an unrelated misdemeanor stealing case and eliciting details of the misdemeanor.

The evidence viewed in the light most…