State v. Carter

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

A jury convicted defendant Timothy Carter of burglary in the first degree, § 569.-160, RSMo 1986, and the trial court sentenced him as a prior and persistent offender to ten years imprisonment. Defendant directly appeals this conviction. We affirm.

In March of 1991, Toshelle Kinsey went to stay with Robert Workes and Sharon Barton, her cousin. Toshelle had been having problems with her boyfriend, defendant Timothy Carter.

At approximately 5:15 on the morning of March 4, 1991, Toshelle was sleeping with her infant daughter, Brittany, on a couch in the front room. Toshelle was…