STATE v. CHILDRESS

No. 48557.

698 S.W.2d 612 (1985)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Ralph CHILDRESS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

October 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Maurer, Clayton, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., T. Chad Farris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Ralph Childress, was convicted by a jury of first degree robbery, § 569.020, RSMo (1978), and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In this direct appeal, he contends that the trial court erred: (1) in permitting him to be cross-examined, over a hearsay objection, about a non-witness informant's taped statement and in admitting into evidence two letters written by defendant to a State's witness; and (2) in permitting rebuttal...

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