State v. Bailey

HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

This appeal arises from a criminal conviction for felony stealing, Section 570.030.1 At issue is the sufficiency of the evidence to support Ralph E. Bailey’s (“Husband” or “Defendant”) conviction for planting, cultivating, and harvesting wheat on his ex-wife’s (“Wife”) property. On appeal, Husband argues that the evidence adduced at trial failed to establish the corpus delicti of the crime of stealing and was insufficient to support a finding of guilt, as the wheat was his property as a matter of law.

Statement of Facts

Husband and Wife were married for thirty-seven…