State v. McAlester

TURNAGE, Judge.

Alphonso E. McAlester was found guilty by a jury of burglary first degree, § 569.-160, RSMo 1978, and stealing over $150, § 570.030, RSMo 1978. The jury assessed punishment at confinement for 15 years for the burglary charge and 7 years for stealing. The court imposed the sentences assessed by the jury and ordered that they run consecutively.

McAlester contends the evidence failed to show any bursting or breaking into the dwelling and the trial court should have exercised its power to reduce the sentences. Affirmed.

At about 3:00 A.M. on February 21, 1980, Mary Byers, who was…