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STATE v. WALKER

No. 11850.

618 S.W.2d 43 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Randolph Dean WALKER, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

June 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jay D. Haden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

Richard D. Bender, Sherwood, Honecker & Bender, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of stealing an automobile and assessed his punishment at 6 years imprisonment. Defendant was charged with being a persistent offender, § 558.016, RSMo 1978, and following a sentencing hearing, § 558.021, RSMo 1978, he was sentenced by the trial judge to 12 years imprisonment. Defendant contends that the sentence "constituted cruel and unusual punishment". He claims that the circumstances here "warrant...

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