Mays v. State

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

Mays was jury-convicted of two counts of second degree burglary, § 569.170, RSMo. 1986. He was sentenced as a class X offender to two consecutive ten year terms. His appeals relating to trial error and for post-conviction relief are now consolidated.

Sufficiency of the evidence is not a point. For Mays’ first conviction the facts show that the Scarbroughs left their home in Mound City, Holt County, at 8:30 a.m. on October 10, 1986. Mrs. Scarbrough returned about an hour and a half later and found the door open. Missing were a microwave oven, guns, jewelry and some bandannas.…