State v. Norfolk

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Paul O. Norfolk appeals from a jury conviction for second degree burglary, RSMo § 569.170 (1986), for which he was sentenced as a persistent offender to fifteen years imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support a guilty verdict. Finding defendant’s contention to be without merit, we affirm.

The evidence reveals that on October 15, 1985, at approximately 4:00 p.m., defendant was found with merchandise in his hands in a stock room closed to the public inside a Famous-Barr department store. The incident…