STATE v. SMITH

No. 52755.

741 S.W.2d 778 (1987)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Lafair D. SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied December 10, 1987.

Application to Transfer Denied January 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary C. McWilliams, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, Lafair D. Smith, appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, for first degree tampering. He was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to seven years imprisonment. We affirm.

On appeal, defendant claims the trial court erred: (1) in overruling his motion for a judgment of acquittal after the State's opening statement; (2) in sustaining the State's objection to alleged impeachment evidence which defense counsel sought...

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