STATE v. GENTILE

No. 41849.

599 S.W.2d 780 (1980)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Kenneth GENTILE, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

May 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence O. Willbrand, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Donna G. Bowles, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, George Peach, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


CRIST, Judge.

Jury conviction of stealing from a dwelling. Punishment assessed at ten years under the Second Offender Act. We affirm.

The seventy-three year old victim was cutting her grass when she heard her dog bark. Upon entering her house, she found the defendant with her purse in his hands. He ran out the back door, with the money from her purse, was arrested by the police, and identified by the victim and a neighbor.

Defendant's sole contention...

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