Missouri Court of Appeals August 21, 2013, No. SD 32002 (State v. Blackmon)

DON E. BURRELL, J.

A jury found Michael Prozell Blackmon (“Defendant”) guilty of the class B felony of possession of a weapon (a “shank”) on the premises of a county jail. See sections 217.360 and 558.016.1 The trial court, which had previously found Defendant to be a persistent offender, thereafter sentenced Defendant to serve 20 years in the Department of Corrections.