STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. ROBERT EUGENE GEIST

STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) ) vs. ) No. SD35412 ) ROBERT EUGENE GEIST, ) Filed: April 30, 2019 ) Defendant-Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CRAWFORD COUNTY Honorable Kelly W. Parker, Circuit Judge AFFIRMED Shortly before the State completed the presentation of its evidence to a jury, Robert Eugene Geist (“Defendant”) chose to enter a plea of guilty to each of the four offenses for which he was being tried. Slightly more than four months later on the day of sentencing, Defendant’s trial counsel orally requested to withdraw from representing Defendant. The trial…