State v. Steffen

MANFORD, Presiding Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction for two counts of receiving stolen property in violation of § 570.080, RSMo 1978. The judgment is affirmed.

Before setting forth the pertinent facts, the charged errors and disposition of this appeal, it is necessary to outline the pretrial activities which occurred to clarify how this cause reached final disposition by the trial court.

On February 21, 1979, the office of the Attorney General was appointed special prosecuting attorney. (This becomes important as it is a charged error by appellant observed infra). On October 2,…