State v. Thompson

BECTON, Judge.

I

Principally on the basis of the testimony of co-defendant, William Nobe, the defendant, James Thompson, Jr., was convicted of thirty-four separate charges — one charge of breaking or entering, fourteen charges of second degree burglary, twelve charges of felonious larceny, one charge of possession of implements of housebreaking, one charge of safecracking, and five charges of conspiracy to commit burglary — and was given active prison sentences totalling 105 years.

Having reason to believe that defendant was a member of a well-known Medina gang, which operated out of St. Louis,…