State v. Coleman

297 S.W.3d 663, 2009 Mo. App. LEXIS 1678, 2009 WL 4279408
Procedural entryThis page is a short order in State v. Coleman. Read the opinion of the Court — 2008 Mo. App. LEXIS 961
Missouri Court of Appeals·Decided November 24, 2009·No. ED 92253·Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

William Coleman (hereinafter, “Appellant”) appeals from the trial court’s judgment after a jury convicted him of two counts of second degree robbery, Section 569.030 RSMo (2000). Appellant was sentenced as a prior felony offender to a term of ten years’ imprisonment on both counts.

Appellant raises three points on appeal. First, Appellant claims the trial court abused its discretion when it prohibited defense counsel from questioning the veni-re panel about the impact witness identification evidence would have on them. Second, Appellant argues the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted the victims’ in and out of court identifications of him in that the identifications were so unduly suggestive as to create a substantial likelihood of misidentifieation and render the identifications unreliable. Third, Appellant alleges the trial court plainly erred in sentencing him as a prior offender in that he believes the State failed to prove his prior offender status.

We have reviewed the briefs of the parties, the legal file, and the transcript on appeal and find no error of law. An opinion reciting the detailed facts and restating the principles of law would have no prece-dential value. We have, however, provided a memorandum opinion, only for the use of the parties, setting forth the reasons for our decision. The judgment is affirmed pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).

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State v. Coleman, 297 S.W.3d 663, 2009 Mo. App. LEXIS 1678, 2009 WL 4279408 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).

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