[Download] "State Missouri v. Thomas W. Maddox" by Eastern District, Division Three Missouri Court of Appeals * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Missouri v. Thomas W. Maddox
- Author : Eastern District, Division Three Missouri Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 13, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
Description
Defendant appeals from a jury conviction of second degree burglary and stealing a firearm. Finding defendant a persistent offender, the trial court sentenced him to consecutive terms of fifteen years imprisonment for the burglary and five years imprisonment for stealing the firearm. We affirm. On the night of January 5, 1980, while on duty with the Lakeshire, Missouri, Police Department, Officer Ulozas noticed a car with no lights parked on the wrong side of the street in front of an unlit house. Aware of the recent increase in the number of area burglaries, Officer Ulozas became suspicious. Upon observing defendant enter the passenger side of the car while a companion remained at the wheel Ulozas activated his red lights to investigate and a chase ensued. The chase was interrupted when defendant and his driver rear-ended another car but the burglars ultimately won their race with Ulozas by fleeing on foot. Ulozas returned to the accident scene and discovered weapons, jewelry, fur coats, leather coats, and two pair of gloves in the trunk of the burglary's abandoned car.