STATE v. PORTER

No. WD 39965.

755 S.W.2d 3 (1988)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Tommie PORTER, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

July 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. McKerrow, Columbia, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Jared Richard Cone, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before SHANGLER, P.J., and LOWENSTEIN and GAITAN, JJ.


LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

Tommie Porter appeals from his conviction for possession of a weapon about the premises of a correctional institution, § 217.360.1, RSMo 1986, for which he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. Specifically, Porter alleges error in the trial court's refusal to give the jury an instruction on the defense of duress and in employing a video hookup between the penitentiary and the Cole County courtroom for purposes of sentencing.

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