State v. Hughes

STEPHAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted of stealing, third offense, a class C felony. Section 570.040, RSMo 1978. The trial court, having found defendant to be a persistent offender as defined in Section 558.016, RSMo Cum.Supp.1984, sentenced him to imprisonment for a term of five years. Section 557.036, RSMo Cum.Supp.1984. Defendant appeals; we affirm.

State’s witness Tracey Portnoy testified that, on May 8, 1984, she was employed as a sales clerk in a “beauty care discount store” in Clayton, Missouri. The principal business of the store was to sell equipment to hairdressers. At…