State v. Sykes

McMILLIAN, Judge.

Defendant Gregory Sykes appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in the circuit court of St. Louis County finding him guilty of robbery first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon, a felony, §§ 560.120, 560.135, RSMo 1969. Defendant was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. For reversal defendant argues that the trial court erred in (1) admitting evidence of other crimes, (2) permitting the prosecutor to make personalized remarks and inflammatory statements to the jury in final argument, (3) giving certain oral instructions to the jury, and (4)…