State v. Morgan

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of stealing property of a value of at least $150, § 570.030, RSMo 1986. The court found defendant to be a prior offender, § 558.016, RSMo 1986, and sentenced him to 5 years imprisonment.

Because defendant challenges the sufficiency of the State’s evidence, we set forth and consider as true the evidence most favorable to the State and all favorable inferences to be drawn therefrom, disregarding evidence to the contrary. State v. Smith, 621 S.W.2d 94, 95 (Mo.App.1981).

The State’s evidence revealed the following: On May 5, 1989,…