State v. Evans

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of stealing over $50 and his subsequent sentence of six years by the Court under the Second Offender Act. We affirm.

Three men entered the Morgan Linen Supply Company premises in St. Louis during working hours and stole ninety linen sheets worth two dollars apiece. The license plate of the car in which the thieves escaped was registered to defendant, and defendant was identified as one of the thieves by an employee who witnessed the theft. Defendant presented alibi evidence.

On appeal, defendant seeks reversal upon a claim that he had…