STATE v. BLOCKTON

No. 38293.

556 S.W.2d 954 (1977)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. John E. BLOCKTON, Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied October 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Babione, Public Defender, Mary Louise Moran, James W. Whitney, Jr., Asst. Public Defenders, St. Louis, for appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, George A. Peach, Circuit Atty., John F. White, Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for respondent.


CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

In this jury-waived burglary case the trial court found defendant Blockton guilty and sentenced him as a second offender to seven years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending the court erred in receiving in evidence a bent screwdriver and a pistol found on an accomplice. We relate the evidence relevant to defendant's challenges.

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