State v. Yeokum

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

Appellant was charged with burglary of Randy’s Market in Prathersville, Missouri, and the theft therefrom of a World War I Commemorative .45 Colt pistol. After conviction by a jury, appellant was sentenced under the Second Offender Act to ten years for burglary second degree and five years for stealing, those sentences to run concurrently.

The State’s case consisted of the testimony of two witnesses, Randall Whitesides and Larry Duncan. Whitesides was a volunteer special Boone County Deputy Sheriff and owner and operator of Randy’s Market, a combined grocery and sporting…