State v. Gray

HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

FACTS

Appellant, Deandrea Gray, appeals from his convictions and concurrent 12 and 3 year sentences, as a persistent offender (§ 565.016.3, RSMo 1994) (all statute references hereafter refer to RSMo 1994) for assault in the first degree (§ 565.050) and armed criminal action (§ 571.015.1).

Appellant’s convictions arose from the following facts taken in the light most favorable to the verdict. State v. Smith, 944 S.W.2d 901, 916 (Mo. banc 1997). William Smith was a confidential informant for the police department who, after “working off’ his own drug case in which he…