STATE v. HUNT

No. 45244.

651 S.W.2d 587 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Carl HUNT, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied May 13, 1983.

Application to Transfer Denied June 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Billings, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

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


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied May 13, 1983.

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

The central issue on this appeal is one of first impression: whether the defendant can be convicted of attempting to receive stolen property over $150.00 in value in violation of § 564.011, RSMo 1978, despite the fact that the property in question had never been stolen. We hold that factual impossibility does not preclude a conviction for attempt to...

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