State v. Jerelds

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of second degree burglary, a violation of § 569.170 RSMo. 1978. The court sentenced him as a persistent offender to a term of ten years with the Department of Corrections. We affirm.

At approximately 10:30 p. m. on August 14,1980, two police officers were on routine patrol in an unmarked car on Laclede Avenue in the City of St. Louis. At that time, they saw an automobile parked on one side of the street with its lights off move forward, make a U-turn and park on the opposite side of the street. Two young black males, one…