State v. Barnett

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant appeals from jury conviction of stealing a motor vehicle in violation of § 570.030.2(2)(a), RSMo.1978. The jury assessed punishment at six months in the St. Louis County Jail, but the trial court found defendant to be a persistent offender under § 558.016.2 and sentenced him to a term of seven years in the Division of Corrections. We affirm.

Defendant’s main assertion is that the evidence was insufficient to make a submis-sible case. In analyzing the sufficiency of the evidence we take as true all evidence in the record contributing support to the jury’s finding of…