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Title: State Missouri v. James D. Edwards
Author : Eastern District, Division One Missouri Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 24, 1986
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 60 KB

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James D. Edwards appeals from the judgment rendered and sentences imposed after a jury found him guilty of burglary in the second degree, § 569.170 RSMo. 1978, and attempted stealing over $150.00, § 564.011 RSMo. 1978. The trial court found him to be a persistent offender and sentenced him, pursuant to § 558.016 RSMo. Cum. Supp. 1984, to consecutive terms of fifteen years on the burglary offense and ten years on the stealing. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively to a 200 year sentence and a life sentence already being served. The judgment is affirmed. Appellant raises four points on appeal. He predicates trial court error in (1) its denial to him of a duly qualified venire panel free from bias and prejudice; (2) its denial of a mistrial requested after he was led by the sheriff before the jury roomwhile jurors were inside and the door was open; (3) its denial of a mistrial requested after the prosecutor during his cross-examination of appellant's father asked the father whether he had previously testified in his son's behalf, implying appellant's involvement in other crimes; and (4) its finding appellant to be a persistent offender based on procedures which violated defendant's rights to due process and equal protection.