State v. Eby

HOGAN, Judge.

Defendant was charged with stealing cattle, as denounced by § 570.030, RSMo 1978.1 A jury found defendant guilty and assessed *516his punishment at imprisonment for a term of 4 years. Defendant appeals.

Defendant has briefed two points. The first of these is that there was no substantial evidence to support the judgment of conviction. As against this argument, the State is entitled to the most favorable construction of all the evidence and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom, and this principle applies even though the proof of guilt is circumstantial. State v. Lee, 556…