State v. Hontz

CLARK, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Paul Hontz was charged with the offense of stealing, § 570.030, RSMo 1978, convicted and sentenced. He now appeals contending, in a single point, of instruction error. Affirmed.

As to certain facts, the evidence presented to the jury was undisputed. One Fink-emeier owned a large John Deere model 4840 farm tractor valued at $50,000.00 which he used to farm acreage in Lafayette County. On the night of March 25,1981 at approximately 10:00 o’clock, the tractor was taken from the farm by Hontz who used a pickup truck and a triple axle trailer to transport the…