State v. Chunn

CROW, Presiding Judge.

James Chunn (“defendant”), tried as a persistent offender, § 558.016.3, RSMo Cum.Supp.1983, was found guilty by a jury of the class C felonies of burglary in the second degree, § 569.170, RSMo 1978, and stealing property of the value of at least $150, § 570.030, RSMo Cum.Supp.1983. The trial court sentenced defendant to 15 years’ imprisonment for each offense, ordering the sentences to run concurrently.

Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdicts, and he charges the trial court with error in failing to grant a mistrial when the jury…