State v. Todd

STORCKMAN, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was convicted of obtaining money with intent to cheat and defraud, § 561.450, and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment upon a finding by the court that he had a prior conviction of felony, § 556.280, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. The defendant appealed but has filed no brief in this court. The case is before us on the transcript of the record and the brief of the respondent.

In this situation our review extends to the assignments of error properly preserved in the motion for new trial and to the essential portions of the record. S.Ct. Rules 27.20 and 28.02,…