State v. Jones

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant Jones was convicted of receipt of stolen property in violation of § 570.080, RSMo 1978 and was sentenced to a term of six years. The illicit property was described as a red 1973 Datsun 240Z. The defendant was captured by the police as he drove the vehicle, and after a high speed chase. On the day of trial, the prosecutor announced intention to call two witnesses who saw the defendant in possession of that vehicle some two weeks before. That occasion was when the defendant snatched the purse of witness Patricia Moore, then in the company of the other…