State v. Freeman

HOGAN, Judge.

A jury has found defendant Ronald Freeman guilty of receiving stolen property, as defined and denounced by § 570.080, RSMo.1978. The trial court found defendant to be a prior offender within the meaning of § 558.016.2, RSMo. (Supp.1983), and assessed his punishment at imprisonment for a term of seven years as authorized by § 558.016.1 and § 558.011,1(3), RSMo. (Supp.1983). Defendant has appealed.

In brief sketch and outline, the operative facts are that on December 12, 1981, a group of young adults gathered at the residence of Margaret Harvey, near Joplin. They had been enlisted…