State v. Harris

FINCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of defendant, with added charges under the Habitual Criminal Act, for receiving money, without consideration, from the proceeds of the earnings of a woman engaged in prostitution in violation of § 563.040. (Unless otherwise indicated, all statutory references are to RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S.) The trial court found that appellant had been convicted of eight prior felonies on which he had been incarcerated and subsequently released. Punishment was fixed at ten years’ imprisonment.

Appellant was represented from the time of arraignment throughout all…