STATE v. SAWYER

No. 47343.

681 S.W.2d 526 (1984)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Stanley SAWYER, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

November 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Downey, St. Louis, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Mary Elise Burnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, Stanley Sawyer, was convicted of forgery, § 570.090.1(4), RSMo (1978), after a jury trial. He was sentenced by the court as a prior and persistent offender to imprisonment for five years. On appeal, his sole allegation of error is premised on the refusal of the trial court to give MAI-CR2d 2.37.3(2), the so-called "Claim of Right" defense instruction. We affirm.

Since defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence...

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