State v. Hogan

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

The defendant, Thomas Hogan, appeals the judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, following his conviction by a jury of two counts of engaging in unlawful merchandising practices, a class D felony in violation of section 407.020 RSMo. (2000). 1 The trial court sentenced Hogan to four years’ imprisonment on each charge, to be served concurrently, but suspended execution of the sentence and placed him on probation for five years. Because we conclude that the State failed to adduce sufficient evidence to support conviction on either count, we…