State v. Pinkerman

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Robert Augustus Pinkerman, charged under §§ 560.156 and 560.161, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., with stealing property of the value of more than fifty dollars and in the same information charged with four prior felony convictions, was convicted of “Stealing over $50.” Punishment was assessed at a term of four years in the penitentiary. Defendant appealed but filed no brief, so we examine the assignments of error in defendant’s motion for a new trial. Supreme Court Rule 28.02, V.A.M.R.

First, appellant contends “That the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence.” This…