State v. Echols

DONNELLY, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Arthur Echols, was convicted of the offense of stealing property of the value of at ■ least fifty dollars (V.A.M.S. § 560.161) by a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, and his punishment under the provisions of the Habitual Criminal Act, V.A.M.S. § 556.280, was assessed at imprisonment for four years. Following rendition of judgment and imposition of sentence, an appeal was perfected to this Court.

Appellant first asserts “there was no probative evidence from which the jury could find that Defendant committed the crime alleged.”

According…