State v. Harrison

KAROHL, Judge.

State appeals from trial court’s order granting defendant’s motion to dismiss “or in the alternative for a ruling as to contract interpretation.” Defendant was charged with willful failure to return leased property in violation of § 578.150 RSMo 1986, a class C felony “to wit: on September 23, 1987, defendant entered into a written lease agreement with Best TV Rentals ... for a Magnavox television of a value in excess of one hundred and fifty dollars, and on or about October 24,1989 ... failed to return said property.” Defendant’s motion asserted his agreement was not a rental…