State v. Rogers

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction in St. Louis City Circuit Court of burglary in the first degree, RSMo § 569.160 (1986). The trial court found defendant to be a prior and persistent offender and sentenced him to fourteen (14) years in the Missouri Department of Corrections and Human Resources. The trial court further ordered, pursuant to RSMo § 558.019.2(2) (1986), defendant to serve at least sixty percent (60%) of this sentence. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in (1) overruling defendant's motion for a new trial on the basis of newly…