State v. Lowe

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of burglary in the second degree and with stealing during the commission of the burglary, and pursuant to § 556.280 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., the trial court assessed his punishment at confinement by the Department of Corrections at seven years for burglary and four years for the stealing, the sentences to run concurrently. After his motion for new trial was overruled, allocution was held, and sentence and judgment were entered accordingly. This appeal followed.

Appellant rented a room in Phil’s Hotel, and on May 17, 1968, he and a…