State v. Brown

RENDLEN, Judge.

Richard Brown (defendant) was convicted by a jury of second degree burglary and stealing property valued at $150 or more and sentenced as a persistent offender to consecutive ten year terms of imprisonment for each offense. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, reversed the judgment, concluding that evidence establishing unexplained possession of recently stolen property is not sufficient to make a submissible case of burglary and stealing. We granted transfer to resolve the conflict between the western district’s decision and prior Missouri cases, including the…