State v. Keller

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Gary Keller, convicted by a jury of stealing hogs and sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment, has appealed, claiming that the evidence was not sufficient to support a verdict of guilty.

Accepting as true all evidence of record, whether direct or circumstantial, tending to incriminate him, drawing all inferences favorable to the State that can reasonably be drawn therefrom and disregarding all contrary evidence and inferences, State v. Chase, Mo.Sup. en Banc, 444 S.W.2d 398, 401, we find the evidence insufficient to convict this appellant of the crime with which he is charged.

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