State v. Brown

DOWD, Judge.

Appellant, Richard Brown, was convicted of robbery in the first degree, § 560.120 RSMo 1969, and was sentenced by the court to 20 years in the custody of the Department of Corrections under the Second Offender Act, § 556.280 RSMo 1969. Appellant raises three points on this appeal: (1) that he was prejudiced by the improper endorsement of an additional state witness on the day of trial; (2) that the Second Offender Act was improperly applied to him; and (3) that the prosecutor coerced an important defense witness to refuse to testify.

At trial, the state proved that appellant and…