STATE v. SAVU

No. 37287.

560 S.W.2d 244 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Matt SAVU, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied February 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

London & Greenberg, Lawrence Fleming, St. Louis, Dempster, Yokley & Fuchs, Gene R. Yokley, Sikeston, for defendant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Robert M. Sommers, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, A. J. Seier, Pros. Atty., Cape Girardeau, for plaintiff-respondent.


WEIER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Matt Savu was found guilty of the offense of stealing property of a value of at least $50.00, and was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the jury. §§ 560.156, 560.161, RSMo.1969. From this conviction, defendant appeals.

On December 16, 1974, one woman and two men were observed leaving the P. N. Hirsch store in Jackson, Missouri, wearing long, dark topcoats that bulged in the back. They entered a dark brown Oldsmobile...

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