State v. Reed

KENNETH M. ROMINES, Judge.

Introduction

A jury convicted Appellant Arthur T. Reed of one count of second-degree burglary, Section 569.170 RSMo. (2000)1 on 18 October 2006. The Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, the Honorable Robert H. Dierker, Jr. presiding, sentenced Reed to a term of fifteen years’ imprisonment as a prior and persistent offender. Reed appeals, arguing that the trial court improperly instructed the jury by excluding the word “unlawfully” from the verdict director for burglary and by failing to give an instruction for the lesser-included offense of trespassing. We reverse…