State v. Matney

DOWD, Judge.

Defendant, Charles Matney, Jr., appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict which found him guilty of three counts of Burglary in the Second Degree and three counts of Stealing. Defendant was found to be a persistent offender and sentenced to seven years imprisonment on each of the six counts with the sentences to run consecutively. We affirm.

In late November and early December of 1982 several business establishments in the Old Towne area of St. Charles were burglarized. Various tools and office equipment were taken. No fingerprints were found at the scene and none of the…