eBook details
- Title: State Missouri v. Robert M. Rogers
- Author : Supreme Court of Missouri Division 2
- Release Date : January 13, 1964
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
Description
This is an appeal from a conviction of attempted burglary of a jewelry store. The punishment assessed by the jury is imprisonment
for a term of two years. Sections 556.150 and 560.070, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. The defendant was represented by able counsel at
the trial as he is on appeal. The principal question presented in this court relates to the sufficiency of the evidence to
sustain the conviction. Hale's Credit Jewelry Store owned and operated by Ralph W. Hale was located in what is known as the Country Club Shopping
Center in Clay County. At 2:30 a.m. on August 8, 1962, Patrolman Willard Malden of the Kansas City Police Department saw a
1962 Pontiac convertible automobile with a white top and a brown body drive across the parking lot in front of his headlights
as he was turning into the shopping center to check the buildings. Street lights were on and the lights of the patrol car
were on high beam. Patrolman Malden saw three men in the Pontiac automobile, but he did not recognize any of them. He checked
all the buildings in the shopping center including the jewelry store and found them to be locked and secure.