State v. Green

SIMON, Judge.

Charles Lee Green appeals his conviction of robbery in the first degree, § 569.020 RSMo 1978, by a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County. The jury’s verdict set Green’s punishment at ten years and the trial judge increased the punishment to fifteen years after finding that Green was a persistent offender.

On appeal, Green contends that the trial court erred: (1) in allowing into evidence the testimony of Sergeant Wilcox, of the University City Police Department, concerning the alibi Green gave at the time of his arrest; (2) in sustaining the state’s hearsay objection to…