State v. Perkins

SIMON, Judge.

Defendant, James Wright Perkins, appeals from a conviction of assault in the first degree in violation of Section 565.050 RSMo Supp.1984. Following the jury’s verdict in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, the defendant was sentenced, as a prior offender pursuant to Section 558.-016 RSMo Supp. 1984, to twenty-five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections and Human Resources.

On appeal, defendant contends the trial court erred: (1) in failing to grant a continuance or mistrial due to the state’s failure to timely disclose a potentially exculpatory statement; (2) in…