State v. McGehee

JOHN E. PARRISH, Presiding Judge.

James A. McGehee (defendant) was convicted, following a jury trial, of stealing a firearm, a class C felony. § 570.030.1 Defendant was charged as, found to be, and sentenced as a prior offender. See § 558.016.2. This court affirms.

On March 23, 2003, defendant, Jeffrey Straw, and Casey Jowers, Jeffrey’s girlfriend, were at the home of Jeffrey’s mother and stepfather in Seligman, Missouri. Jeffrey’s mother and stepfather were out of town. Later, Heather Garrison joined the others at the residence. Jeffrey’s stepfather, Tim Pritchett, kept a .380 pistol in a…