State v. Slay

EAGER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of tampering with a motor vehicle by removing the front bumper and hood without permission of the owner. Section 560.175, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. By an information substi-, tuted for the original indictment he was also charged with a prior conviction in the State of Mississippi for having received stolen property, and with imprisonment therefor. The trial court found from evidence offered that defendant had been so convicted and imprisoned, and it assessed his punishment at a term of five years. He was so sentenced after a timely motion…