State v. Holt

B.C. DRUMM, Jr., Special Judge.

On February 9, 1981, defendant Ricky Burnell Holt was convicted by a jury of second-degree burglary and stealing a firearm, both Class C felonies. On April 6, 1981, the trial court sentenced him, under the Persistent Offender Act, §§ 558.016, et seq., RSMo 1978, to consecutive fifteen (15) year prison terms. Defendant appealed. In State v. Holt, 660 S.W.2d 735 (Mo.App.1983), we affirmed the convictions, but reversed and remanded for resentencing in accordance with the Persistent Offender Act, which requires the trial court to make findings of fact beyond a…