State v. Mason

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

Felonious stealing. After jury trial the court sentenced defendant Robert E. Mason as a prior felon to 15 years in prison. Sections 570.030.3(1), RSMo.Supp.1981, and 570.040, RSMo.1978.

Here, defendant trebly challenges his conviction: The State relied on a single uncorroborated witness to prove the crime. He was tried on an information charging stealing but had been indicted on a charge of burglary. The court denied defendant’s motion to suppress evidence of escape because he then stood charged with burglary, not on the amended charge of stealing. These in turn.

The…