State v. Crain

FLANIGAN, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of stealing without consent, (§ 570.030 RSMo 1978), and he received a six-year sentence. Defendant appeals.

Defendant’s sole point is that the trial court erred in “receiving the state’s rebuttal testimony of Detective Larry Stewart and Pam Long because said evidence was not within the proper scope of rebuttal evidence in that it did not explain, counteract, repel or disprove defendant’s evidence.”

Defendant was charged with stealing a 1977 Chevrolet pickup truck owned by the husband of state’s witness Pam Long. The offense was committed on June 9,…