PREWITT, Judge.
Following jury trial defendant was convicted of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, § 577.060, RSMo 1978. He contends that the trial court erred in giving an instruction which stated that the maximum punishment for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident was seven years' imprisonment when the maximum punishment is five years. The jury declared the punishment at seven years' imprisonment, but the trial judge sentenced defendant...
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