State v. Jones

TITUS, Judge.

Defendant was charged with the class C felony of stealing a “motor vehicle”, to wit, “one 1979 Pontiac.” § 570.030-2(3)(a), RSMo 1978. A Stoddard County jury found defendant guilty and assessed a two-year prison term. § 558.011-1(3), -2, RSMo 1978. Thereafter, having determined defendant was a persistent offender, the court assessed an additional sentence of five years, making a total sentence of seven years. § 558.016-1, -2, -4(2), RSMo 1978. Defendant appealed and his principal point relied on here is that “the state failed to make a submissible case against the defendant and…