State v. Holland

RENDLEN, Judge.

Convicted by a jury of burglary in the second degree, § 569.170, RSMo 1978, defendant was sentenced as a persistent offender to ten years imprisonment and following affirmance by the Court of Appeals, Eastern District, we granted transfer and determine the cause as though on original appeal. Mo. Const, art. V, § 10. Defendant’s sole claim of error is the trial court’s alleged abuse of discretion in overruling challenges for cause directed toward two veniremen. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, accordingly a brief recital of facts supportive of the verdict will…