State v. Mullins

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant Mullins was convicted by a jury of an attempt to steal by deceit, a class D felony [§§ 564.011 and 570.030, RSMo 1978] and was sentenced to a term of five years. The defendant contends the evidence was not sufficient for conviction and that there was instruction error in the submission of the offense.

The crime involved three principals: Louella Calvin, the victim, and defendant Eloise Mullins and her confederate Diana Lampo-sona. The site of the encounter was the Woolco store at the Biscayne Mall in Columbia. The victim was at a Woolco counter when she…