State v. Thompson

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

First degree burglary, Section 569.100, RSMo.1978. A jury found defendant prior offender Tommy Thompson guilty and the court sentenced him to ten years in prison.

On appeal defendant contends he was entitled to release under the 180 day delay statute, Section 545.780, RSMo.1978. He also challenges the seizure of $888 in cash on the ground it was illegally seized when arrested. These points in turn.

The evidence: Defendant forcibly entered an “employees only” door of St. Luke’s Hospital before business hours and went to the cashier’s office. There cashier Ruby McMunn was…