State v. Turner

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals after his conviction by a jury of the offense of stealing over $150.00 in violation of § 570.030, RSMo. 1978. The court found defendant to be a persistent offender and sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment.

*711The state introduced evidence of the following facts. At approximately 11:00 p.m. on July 12, 1981, Officer Naylor of the Berkeley Police Department checked the doors and windows at the Gateway Outlet Discount Store and found them intact. At approximately 12:30 a.m. that same evening, he received a message from his dispatcher that an anonymous female…