State v. Street

CLARK, Chief Judge.

Lamar O. Street was charged with failure to appear, § 544.665, RSMo.1986, in answer to a criminal charge. He was tried before a jury, was convicted and was sentenced by the court to a term of seven years as a prior and persistent offender. On this appeal, he raises two points, that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of the charge and that the court erred in finding him to be a prior and persistent offender.

As to the issue of evidentiary sufficiency, the facts adduced from the evidence, restated in the light most favorable to the state, were as follows. Appellant…