State v. Gridley

WESTHUES, Judge.

Defendant Melvin Oliver Gridley was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri, on a charge of burglary and stealing. The information alleged that Gridley had been previously convicted of crimes and had served prison sentences therefor. The trial court heard evidence as to these previous convictions and made a finding to the effect that defendant had served six separate sentences. The court fixed defendant’s punishment at ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary for the burglary and five years’ imprisonment for the stealing, the sentences to run…