State v. Porter

MANFORD, Presiding Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of burglary second degree (§ 569.170, RSMo 1978) and assessed two years imprisonment. The trial court, after the sentencing hearing, sentenced appellant to eight years imprisonment as a persistent offender (§§ 558.016 and 558.021, RSMo 1978). The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant presents two points of error, which in summary allege that the trial court erred (1) in refusing to grant his motion for acquittal because the evidence was insufficient and (2) in permitting respondent to amend the information concerning the charge as a persistent…