State v. Hooks

FENNER, Judge.

Warren G. Hooks, in a consolidated appeal, challenges his conviction of receiving stolen property, for which he was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to seven years’ imprisonment and the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel.

The evidence adduced at trial and viewed in the light most favorable to the state is as follows: On October 1, 1987, Officer McFarland of the Columbia Police Department was contacted by Simmons Moving *329and Storage regarding a burglary from their warehouse. Around 2-3 weeks prior to October 1, 1987, Hooks’ wife,…