State v. Sanders

DOWD, Judge.

Defendant, Jimmie Sanders, was found guilty by a jury of second degree burglary in violation of Section 560.045 RSMo 1969. Defendant was sentenced under the Second Offender Act to a term of ten years imprisonment. He appeals.

On November 8, 1977, at approximately 7:30 a. m., Ross and Goldie Cornish left their home located in the City of St. Louis. They noticed nothing unusual about their home before leaving. Mrs. Cornish returned to the home between 2:30 and 3:30 p. m. She discovered that the front door had been broken in, and drawers in bedroom cabinets had been dumped out on the…