State v. Wallace

JOHN E. PARRISH, Judge.

Lorenzo Dwayne Wallace (defendant) was found guilty, following a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree. § 569.170.1 Defendant was tried and sentenced as a persistent offender. See § 558.016.3. This court affirms.

At approximately 6:30 a.m., April 11, 1998, Officer Don Mitchell, a Springfield, Missouri, police officer, arrived at the location of Harpo’s Bar and Grill in Springfield. He observed a broken window on the front side of the building. Police officer Patrick Haenni arrived shortly thereafter. The officers heard several loud crashes coming from inside the…