State v. Ecford

CLIFFORD H. AHRENS, Judge.

Lorenzo S. Ecford (“Owner”) appeals from the judgment of the trial court entered after a jury convicted him of one count of stealing by deceit in excess of $500, in violation of section 570.030.3 RSMo Cum.Supp.2004. 1 The trial court sentenced Owner as a prior offender to four years’ imprisonment, with a suspended execution of sentence, five years’ probation, thirty days’ shock time, and ordered him to pay restitution. We reverse and remand.

In March 2005, Owner left a 1990 Cadillac DeVille (“car”) at Dowell’s Pit Stop in Monroe County for repair work. Owner had…