State v. January

EDWIN H. SMITH, Chief Judge.

Mardell January appeals the judgment of her convictions, after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Ray County, of second-degree burglary, § 569.170, 1 and stealing, § 570.030. As a result of her convictions, she was sentenced, as a prior and persistent offender, § 558.016, to concurrent prison terms of eight years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

The appellant raises two points on appeal. In Point I, she claims that the trial court plainly erred in giving Instruction No. 9, the State’s verdict director for Count II, stealing, § 570.030, which was…