SPENCER v. BASINGER

No. 60018.

562 S.W.2d 350 (1978)

Allan Dean SPENCER, Petitioner, v. Wyman BASINGER, Sheriff of Cole County, Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

March 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Tettlebaum, Jefferson City, for petitioner.

Thomas J. Brown, III, Asst. Pros. Atty., Jefferson City, for respondent.


RENDLEN, Judge.

Petitioner, accused of stealing more than $50 in violation of § 560.156 RSMo 1969, was arrested January 29, 1976, taken immediately to the Cole County jail and on April 8 tried and found guilty as charged. The jury assessed as punishment a fine of $500 and one year in the county jail, the maximum jail sentence permitted under § 560.161-1(2), RSMo 1969. On May 3 judgment was entered on the verdict and costs taxed against defendant [petitioner...

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