State v. White

ROBERT LEE CAMPBELL, Special Judge.

Defendant John White, Jr., was convicted of the offense of stealing by deceit in violation of § 570.030, RSMo Cum.Supp.1981. The jury assessed punishment at imprisonment for four years in the Missouri Division of Corrections. Defendant appeals. We must reverse.

Defendant’s first point is that the trial court erred in failing to sustain his Motion to Dismiss for Reason of Improper Venue and in overruling defendant’s Motion for Judgment of Acquittal filed at the close of all the evidence. Defendant asserts that venue in Wright County was improper in that there…