State v. Leach

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis of burglary second degree, in violation of RSMo § 569.170 (1986). The trial court found defendant to be a prior and persistent offender, and sentenced him to ten years imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal after all the evidence was presented because the fingerprint evidence introduced at trial was insufficient to prove second degree burglary. We affirm.

The evidence reveals that on September…