STATE v. McGOWAN

No. 43188.

636 S.W.2d 354 (1982)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. George McGOWAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

June 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Babione, Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, George A. Peach, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff-respondent.


PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant, George McGowan, from a jury conviction for first degree burglary in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. The trial court also found that the defendant was a persistent offender. Consequently, he was sentenced to thirteen years in the Department of Corrections. The facts are as follows.

Shortly after midnight on November 18, 1979, Helen Paige was awakened by the sound of breaking glass. From her bedroom...

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