Rodney Knox Missouri Cases

Rodney Knox appealed his convictions for stealing. The Missouri Supreme Court reversed two class A misdemeanor stealing convictions, holding that the jury instructions, which did not require a finding of value, only supported class D misdemeanors under the revised criminal code. The Court also reversed his class C felony stealing conviction, finding that while the evidence was sufficient to prove he stole over $750, the offense was a class D felony, not class C, under the applicable statute. The case was remanded for entry of corrected judgments and resentencing for the misdemeanor counts.

Rodney Knox appealed his convictions for felony stealing and misdemeanor stealing, arguing errors in conviction denomination, excessive sentences, and insufficient evidence for felony stealing. The appellate court reversed the trial court's judgments of conviction for class D felony stealing on Count I and class A misdemeanor stealing on Counts III and V. It entered convictions for the lesser-included offense of class D misdemeanor stealing on all three counts and remanded the case for resentencing, finding the original sentences exceeded the statutory maximum.