State v. Olney

SMART, Presiding Judge.

Carl Franklin Olney appeals from his convictions for assault in the first degree, § 565.050, RSMo 1994 1 , and armed criminal action, § 571.015. Olney was sentenced as a persistent offender to ten years on each count, running consecutively. Olney contends that the trial court: (1) plainly erred in imposing consecutive rather than concurrent sentences in the mistaken belief that it was required to run the sentences consecutively with each other; (2) abused its discretion in denying OIney’s request that his wrist restraints be removed during trial; and (3) erred in…