State v. Kesterson

FINCH, Judge.

Defendant, charged under the Habitual Criminal Statute, § 556.280 (all statutory references are to RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., unless otherwise indicated), was found guilty of stealing over $50 by means of deceit, § 560.156, and was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years with credit given for jail time. Defendant, after an unavailing motion for new trial, appealed, claiming insufficiency of the information to charge a crime, error in the admission of evidence, and insufficiency of the verdict.

The amended information on which defendant was tried alleged various aliases and prior…