SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.
Defendant was charged as a second offender with stealing property of another ($47.00 in U.S. Currency and a billfold) having a value of fifty dollars or more. Sections 560.156 and 560.161(2), RSMo 1969. A jury found him guilty as charged and the trial court fixed his punishment at seven years imprisonment. A timely appeal followed.
Defendant's chance of success on appeal pivots on a single point—failure of the trial court...
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