State v. Harris

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant appeals from jury convictions for stealing as a third offense, §§ 570.030 and 570.040, RSMo 1986, and assault in the third degree, § 565.070, RSMo 1986. Defendant was sentenced to three years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for stealing and fifteen days in the County Jail for assault, with the sentences to run concurrently. We affirm.

On April 25, 1986, at approximately 8:15 p.m., defendant and a second female entered Famous-Barr and proceeded to the dress department. The women were first observed by Pamela Sue Martin, an on-duty security officer for the store.…