State v. Shive

BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant Lyndall Clarence Shive was found guilty of stealing [See. 570.030, RSMo 1978] by a Greene County jury and sentenced as a persistent offender [Sec. 558.-016.2, RSMo 1978] by the court to 12 years imprisonment. He contends reversible error was committed when, over objection, photographs of his two accomplices were admitted in evidence. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not questioned and a brief summary of the facts follows. Sergeant Viessman and Trooper Hill, of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, had established an undercover “sting” operation in a…