State v. Blair

TURNAGE, Judge.

Gary L. Blair was found guilty by a jury of second degree burglary, § 569.170, RSMo 1978, and stealing, § 570.080, RSMo 1978, and punishment assessed at two years in prison on each count. The court ordered the sentences to run consecutively.

Blair now contends the court erred in (1) admitting evidence of an exculpatory statement which he made but which actually resulted in aid to the State’s case; (2) in holding there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction; (3) in admitting a card with Blair’s fingerprints from police files; and (4) in giving instructions which did…