State v. Hall

SATZ, Judge.

A jury convicted defendant of unlawful possession of a concealable firearm. § 571.070 RSMo 1986. He was charged “as a fugitive from justice” who had a concealable firearm in his possession. § 571.070.1(2). The trial court sentenced him as a prior and persistent offender to fifteen years imprisonment. Defendant appeals from his conviction and sentence and from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion. We affirm.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. According to the State’s evidence, he was arrested as he stood beside a car in which he had been a passenger. At…