State of Missouri v. Rodney Knox

Summary

The Court held that the jury instructions and verdicts supported only two class D misdemeanor stealing convictions because the State presented no evidence of the value of the watch or speaker. It also held that the evidence supported an inference that Knox stole $1,200, satisfying the value threshold for felony stealing, but that the resulting offense was a class D rather than class C felony under the governing statute. The judgment was reversed and remanded for correction of the felony classification and resentencing on the misdemeanor convictions.