State v. Grainger

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

The appellant Grainger was convicted of stealing property by deceit under § 570.030 RSMo Supp.1984, fined $5,000 and sentenced to thirty days in jail. On appeal, Grainger claims there was insufficient evidence to establish a violation of the statute.

The facts are considered in the light most favorable to the state and are as follows. State v. Franco, 544 S.W.2d 533, 534 (Mo. banc 1976), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 957, 97 S.Ct. 2682, 53 L.Ed.2d 275 (1977). In 1977, Grainger obtained an unsecured loan for *238$5,000 from Wellington Bank, now the Lafayette County Bank. Grainger filed a…