STATE v. PHILLIPS

No. 55380.

480 S.W.2d 836 (1972)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Richard Thomas PHILLIPS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

June 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Gene E. Voigts, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

James B. Harrison, Sullivan, for appellant.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Richard Thomas Phillips, charged as an habitual criminal, was found guilty by a jury of burglary in the second degree, and the court assessed the punishment at imprisonment for a term of nine years. He has appealed. We affirm.

There is no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. A jury reasonably could find that on July 31, 1968, a double glass door in the basement of the home of Lucian Coleman in Washington County was broken....

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