State v. Gray

CROW, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Larry Gene Gray (“defendant”) guilty of the class B felony of promoting prostitution in the first degree, § 567.050, RSMo 1986, in that he promoted prostitution of C.B., a person less than sixteen years old. The jury assessed defendant’s punishment at five years’ imprisonment. Judgment was entered per the verdict. Defendant appeals, briefing two assignments of error. The first maintains the evidence “was not sufficiently substantial to support the conviction”; the second avers defendant was denied a fair trial when the jury venire observed him “being…