State v. Johnson

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of burglary in the second degree. He was sentenced by the court under the Second Offender Act to serve a term of five years in the Department of Corrections.

The victim resides in the third floor south apartment at 5703 Cabanne in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. On the morning of January 3, 1978, he was at home alone. At approximately 11:30 a. m. he heard a “rattling and clicking” noise at his front door. The noise sounded like a key: “steel hitting against steel”. He went to the front door and looked out the window,…