State v. McCarthy

CRIST, Judge.

Appeal from a conviction for Trespass First Degree, a class B misdemeanor. Section 569.140, RSMo (1978). The court heard the case without a jury and sentenced defendant to thirty days’ imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with unlawfully entering the Washington University Olin library on July 1, 1985, knowing such entry to be unlawful. The State had to prove actual, prior communication to defendant that this entry was unlawful. Defendant challenges the sufficiency of State’s evidence as to the element of prior communication, asserting such evidence was not believable…