State v. Knupp

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

James Knupp was convicted by a jury of stealing a motor vehicle. The jury was unable to agree on defendant’s punishment; the court fixed the punishment at five years’ imprisonment, and sentence and judgment were rendered accordingly. §§ 560.156, 560.161, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S.; Rule 27.03; V.A.M.R. (Appeal taken prior to January 1, 1972.)

Appellant does not question the sufficiency of evidence to sustain his conviction; and the evidence would permit the jury to find: that on June 15, 1971, Delmar Sax-ton parked his 1968 GMC truck, valued at $2800, on his property one-fourth…