State v. Taylor

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, William Phillip Taylor, was convicted by a jury of the crime of receiving stolen property with a value of more than $150.00, a violation of § 570.080 RSMo 1978. The court found appellant to have been a persistent offender and, accordingly, sentenced him to fifteen years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections. On appeal, appellant raises two contentions of error. First he contends that the evidence was not sufficient to support his conviction because there was allegedly no evidence that he knew or believed the property was stolen at…