State v. Harrison

SHRUM, Judge.

Defendant Eddie Lee Harrison was convicted by a jury of the class C felony of receiving stolen property, § 570.080, RSMo 1986,1 and sentenced by the court as a persistent offender to a term of four years with the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Defendant’s appeal poses two questions:(1) whether manifest injustice or a miscarriage of justice resulted from the trial court’s failure to declare a mistrial because the Scott County sheriff, who was a witness for the state, took custody of the jurors and escorted them to the jury room to deliberate, and(2) whether the reasonable…