State v. Bratton

ULRICH, Judge.

Appellant, William Bratton, appeals his conviction for attempted burglary in the second degree (§ 564.011, RSMo 1986).1 Following his conviction by jury trial, Mr. Bratton was sentenced to a term of five years imprisonment. He contends that the trial court erred by permitting the state to amend its information after the instructions were read to the jury, and by overruling his objection to the state’s question to him on cross-examination asking whether his testimony at trial was the first time that he had made a statement to explain the presence of his fingerprint at the crime…