STATE v. PITTMAN

No. 37006.

549 S.W.2d 591 (1977)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Merdise PITTMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Four.

March 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., Nels C. Moss, Jr., Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.

Daniel P. Reardon, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.


SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of two counts of armed robbery and the resulting sentences of fifteen years on each count, to be served consecutively. Defendant raises as error the failure of the trial court to declare a mistrial as a result of the alleged cumulative prejudicial effect of the prosecutor's argument, and the consecutive sentences imposed. No attack is made on the sufficiency of the evidence.

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