STATE v. MERRITT, 768 S.W.2d 574 (Mo.App.E.D. 1989)

STATE OF MISSOURI, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. SAMMIE MERRITT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

No. 54772.Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
March 7, 1989. Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied April 12, 1989. Application to Transfer Denied May 16, 1989.

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.

Mary C. McWilliams, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., William J. Swift, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

PER CURIAM.

[1] Defendant, Sammie Merritt, appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree. He was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to imprisonment for twenty years. [2] No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).

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