State v. Rhodes

ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

Appellant was found guilty of stealing a motor vehicle, see § 560.156 and § 560.161 RSMo 1969, both now repealed, and pursuant to the Second Offender Act was sentenced by the court to imprisonment for a term of four years.

From the evidence a jury reasonably could find the following. On January 31, 1977, appellant drove a panel truck onto the parking lot of the Westroads Shopping Center. A passenger in the truck, Henry Goo-din, left the truck and walked to a 1976 Cadillac owned by Dr. Harry L. Acker. By use of “vise grips” he opened the locked door on the…