STATE v. LAWRENCE

No. 39085.

566 S.W.2d 243 (1978)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Edward Vincent LAWRENCE, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied May 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steiner & Fenlon, Joseph A. Fenlon, Clayton, for defendant-appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Stanley Robinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


McMILLIAN, Judge.

Appellant appeals from a conviction finding him guilty of burglary in the second degree, § 560.045 RSMo 1969, and a sentence of ten (10) years imprisonment. For reasons herein stated, we affirm.

A hearing was held in chambers as to the competency of eleven-year old Barbara Hassell, the state's major witness, who was home alone at the time of the burglary. After the hearing, the court found...

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