State v. Pepper

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Defendant, Ricky Pepper, was convicted of burglary in the second degree, § 569.-170, RSMo 1986, in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis and received a sentence of fourteen years. This consolidated appeal raises five points of error: (1) that insufficient evidence was adduced to convict defendant of the crime charged; (2) that the admission of evidence of four prior burglary convictions for the limited purpose of demonstrating defendant’s intent was manifestly unjust; (3) that striking a juror on the basis of employment as a postal worker was merely a pretext for…