State v. Evans

KENNETH W. SHRUM, Judge.

A jury found Dino Evans (“Defendant”) guilty of three counts of robbery in the first degree (§ 569.020) and two counts of armed criminal action (§ 571.015).1 He was sentenced as a “prior, persistent offender.” See § 558.016.3. Defendant urges reversal under the plain error standard, claiming the trial court “coerced” the jury to render guilty verdicts.2 This court affirms.

*733FACTS

Defendant has not challenged the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions and sentences. Suffice it to say, the evidence presented at his two-day trial revealed that Defendant was…