STATE v. MEARS

No. 10915.

588 S.W.2d 519 (1979)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Ronald Eugene MEARS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, En Banc.

October 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

Harry Rupert Stafford, Jr., Hartville, for defendant-appellant.


BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant Ronald Eugene Mears was jury-tried and convicted in Ozark County of stealing neat cattle, a Hereford calf, in violation of § 560.156, RSMo 1969, and sentenced to three years imprisonment. We affirm.

There was ample evidence presented by the prosecution from which the jury could find that defendant and his brother killed and butchered a calf on the Freeman farm near Dora, Missouri, and absconded with the meat. No evidence was...

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