State v. Williams

CROW, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, tried as a persistent offender, § 558.016.3, RSMo 1994, was found guilty by a jury of the class C felony of stealing cattle, § 570.030, RSMo Cum.Supp.1997. 1 The trial court sentenced Appellant to sixteen years’ imprisonment.

Seeking reversal, Appellant claims in this appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, that certain evidence was erroneously received, and that the verdict-directing instruction was flawed in three respects.

This court first addresses Appellant’s fifth point — his challenge to the sufficiency of the proof. Appellant…