State v. Callahan

DIXON, Judge.

Defendant, jury convicted and sentenced to six months in jail on a charge of burning an automobile in violation of § 569.055 RSMo 1978, appeals.

*188The two related issues asserted are: definition by prosecutor of reasonable doubt during voir dire, and error in cross-examination of the defendant resulting in hearsay evidence being admitted directly bearing on the issue of guilt.

Defendant occupied the basement apartment of a house rented by complaining witness Roark. Roark lived in the upper levels of the house with his wife and children. There was a dispute regarding the terms of the…