State v. Freeman

TITUS, Chief Judge.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of stealing Gary Hopper’s motorcycle and sentenced to six years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. §§ 560.156 and 560.161 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. He appealed.

At 3 a.m. on the date of the involved incident, a highway patrolman encountered defendant and Richard Moore (respectively 23 and 15 years of age) riding an unlighted motorcycle on the streets of Poplar Bluff. Defendant, according to the patrolman, “had hold of the handle bars and he was in control of the bike.” The riders “produced identification” and defendant advised the…