State v. Rodgers

FOREST W. HANNA, Judge.

A jury found Kevin Rodgers guilty of forgery. § 570.090.1(4), RSMo 1994. He was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to a term of 10 years imprisonment. Mr. Rodgers contends that the trial court erred in not allowing him to stand before the jury to display distinguishing marks on his face, and in allowing a police officer to refer to the defendant’s “mug shot.”

On January 8, 1997, a man who was subsequently identified as the defendant, drove up to Boatmen’s Bank drive-thru window and presented a check, deposit slip, and driving license to the bank teller. The…