State v. McRae

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Elree McRae was charged in a single count information with burglary and stealing. § 560.110, RSMo 1969. A jury found him guilty of both charges and fixed his punishment at 4½ years for the burglary and two years for the stealing. The trial court imposed sentence accordingly, the sentences to run concurrently. § 560.110, supra. The defendant has appealed.

At 1:50 A.M., September 12,1973, Officer Cox of the Kansas City Police Department was dispatched to 10516 Blue Ridge on a “prowler call.” When he arrived at that address, he saw a Negro male run out of the…