State v. Johnston

KENNEDY, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of second-degree burglary after a jury trial.

The evidence was that Curtis Thompson and another burglarized the United Savings and Loan offices at Laurie, Missouri. Thompson testified that his accomplice was appellant Terry Johnston. Johnston did not testify but put forward an alibi defense by the testimony of his girlfriend.

On this appeal defendant says that the testimony of State’s witness police officer Mark Parent who testified that defendant had made the statement to him that “he didn’t want to talk because he was facing too much time” was…