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STATE v. JACKSON

No. 12503.

635 S.W.2d 496 (1982)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Otis JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Three.

June 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blair Buckley, Jr., Public Defender, Caruthersville, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

BILLINGS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Otis Jackson was tried and convicted of escape from confinement by means of a dangerous instrument, a class A felony under § 575.210, RSMo 1978, and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.1 He contends it was plain error for the trial court to permit him to represent himself at trial because he called a defense witness who "destroyed [his] opportunity to raise a defense of duress." We affirm.

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