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748 S.W.2d 182

State v. Brooks

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 12, 1988

Missouri Court of Appeals · decided 1988-04-12

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 1993

2 state decisions

Relies on State v. Williams · State v. Methfessel · State v. Eddes

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Decided 1988-04-12

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CRIST, Judge.

¶1Defendant was convicted by a jury of stealing, § 570.030, RSMo 1986, and assault third degree, § 565.070, RSMo 1986. He was sentenced to ten days in the county jail and fined $100 on the assault count. On the stealing count he was sentenced, as a prior offender, to a prison term of four years. He alleges the trial court erred in not instructing the jury as to the lessor included offense of stealing under $150. We affirm.

¶2Although defendant’s assertion of error “relates to the giving, refusal or modification of an instruction ...” he did not set forth the instruction in the argument portion of his brief as required by Rule 30.-06(e). State v. Williams, 674 S.W.2d 46, 48[5] (Mo.App.1984).

¶3Even if defendant had complied with Rule 30.06(e), his point would have failed on the merits. An instruction on a lesser included offense is only appropriate if evidence was presented to support an acquittal on the greater offense and a conviction on the lesser offense. § 556.046.2, RSMo 1986; State v. Methfessel, 718 S.W.2d 534, 536[1] (Mo.App.1986). Defendant was charged with stealing a television from a Venture Store. The only evidence presented as to the value of the television was that it cost the store $215 and retailed for $279. On the evidence presented, once the jury found defendant stole the television they could not find it had a value of less than $150. State v. Eddes, 721 S.W.2d 196, 197[2] (Mo.App.1986).

¶4Judgment affirmed.

GARY M. GAERTNER, P.J., and REINHARD, J., concur.
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