Richardson v. State

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by Cloyd Samuel Richardson from the trial court’s judgment denying his Rule 27.26 motion. He contends the trial court erred in holding the use of twelve prior convictions for impeachment during his jury trial was not error. We affirm.

The background of this case is as follows. On February 11, 1972, defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree murder; he was sentenced to death on March 24, 1972. The Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed this conviction on appeal but reduced his *77sentence to life imprisonment. See State v. Richardson, 515 S.W.2d 557…