State v. Brown

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

Keith Brown was jury convicted of assault in the first degree, § 565.050, RSMo 1978 1, a Class A felony. The jury assessed punishment at twelve years imprisonment, but the court, upon finding that Brown was a dangerous offender, increased the punishment to twenty-five years.

Brown contends that the court erred in finding him a “persistent offender” and as a result did not have the power to increase his sentence. Brown also contends error in failing to provide a means for his release from maximum security at the State Prison to the general population of the prison so he could…