STATE v. PETTY

No. 41825.

610 S.W.2d 126 (1980)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joseph PETTY, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied January 16, 1981.

Application to Transfer Denied February 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Babione, Public Defender, John Putzel, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, George A. Peach, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for respondent.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied January 16, 1981.

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of tampering with a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Division of Corrections. We reverse and remand.

On appeal the single error assigned is the refusal of the trial court to sustain defendant's challenges for cause to two veniremen, both retired police officers.

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