State v. Campbell

SWOFFORD, Judge.

The appellant was charged by information with stealing from the person, in violation of Section 560.120 RSMo 1969. He was tried before a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to three (3) years imprisonment.

He raises only one point on appeal. He asserts, in substance, that the trial court erred in excluding the testimony of his parents with respect to the circumstances surrounding his arrest.

The state’s evidence showed that on the evening of November 21, 1973, Mrs. Terry Nettles and Mr. Dallas Yearta and his wife, Ruby, drove to Boyd’s Barbeque Restaurant at 55th and Prospect in…