State v. McCracken

Following a jury trial, Billy Joe McCracken (Defendant) was convicted of burglary in the second degree, in violation of § 569.170,1 and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Defendant’s appeal from that conviction is Case No. 19891.

Defendant later filed a motion under Rule 29.15, seeking post-conviction relief. His appeal in Case No. 20921 is from the denial of that motion following an evidentiary hearing. Pursuant to Rule 29.15(i), the appeals have been consolidated, but we will address them separately in this opinion.

As the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict is not…