STATE v. MARTIN

No. 42775.

624 S.W.2d 879 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Thomas MARTIN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

November 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Gardner, Clayton, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Kristie Green, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, George R.

Westfall, Pros. Atty., Clayton, for plaintiff-respondent.


GUNN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury verdict and conviction of burglary in the first degree. Finding defendant to be a persistent and dangerous offender, the trial court sentenced him to a prison term of fifteen years pursuant to § 558.016, RSMo 1978. On appeal defendant raises four points of alleged trial court error: (1) in compelling defendant to appear at trial in a jailhouse jumpsuit and in denying his request for a mistrial when the prosecutor referred...

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