State v. Benson

SNYDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction, pursuant to a jury verdict, of robbery in the second degree. § 569.030, RSMo 1978. The trial court found appellant to be a dangerous offender and sentenced him to a 15 year prison term. The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant’s points all challenge the trial court’s actions in permitting appellant’s previously convicted co-defendant, Michael McCaa, to testify. Appellant claims the trial court erred in permitting the state to call McCaa when the court knew McCaa would attempt to invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.…