State v. Womack

HANNA, Judge.

On February 11,1997, the defendant, Lewis Womack, was convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree (§ 569.020, RSMo 1994) and armed criminal action (§ 571.015, RSMo 1994). He was sentenced as a prior offender to concurrent terms of ten years and five years. On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in restricting his voir dire examination and that the court failed to sua sponte prohibit the state’s “send a message” argument.

On January 20, 1996, Jimmie Carl stopped his 1982 Honda Civic northbound on Beardsly Road in North Kansas City at approximately 10:30…