State v. Turner

Craig Lamar Turner (“Appellant”) was charged with robbery in the first degree with a deadly weapon in violation of section 569.020.1 A jury subsequently con*185victed Appellant of the lesser included offense of robbery in the second degree, and the trial court2 sentenced Appellant to ten years in prison. Appellant appeals his jury conviction on the sole point that the trial court erred in denying Appellant’s request for a mistrial based on a police officer’s explanations that he believed Appellant “could” or “might be” the robber based on the victim’s description of the robber and “possible prior…