State v. Smith

DOWD, Judge.

Defendant, Jonathan Smith, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict which found him guilty of burglary in the second degree, § 569.170, RSMo 1986. He was found to be a persistent offender and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged so a brief recitation of the facts will suffice. In June of 1985 Edward Beard returned home from work to find that his home had been ransacked. Several items were stolen including a VCR, jewelry, silver and cameras. A strobe light attachment for a .35 millimeter movie camera had been…