STATE v. FINCH

No. SD 32040.

398 S.W.3d 928 (2013)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joseph E. FINCH, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

May 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexa Irene Pearson , Columbia, for appellant.

J. Daniel Patterson , Pros. Atty, and Jody M. Larison , Asst. Pros. Atty., for respondent.


DANIEL E. SCOTT, P.J.

A late-night liquor thief fled in a car driven by Finch. Alerted by dispatch, a deputy stopped the car within minutes. Finch got out, stumbled, and nearly fell, but the deputy caught him. As a second officer later testified, Finch's speech was "slurred, sometimes incoherent, mumbling"; his eyes were "bloodshot, watery, glassy; typical of an under-the-influence person"; and his balance "was very uncertain. I remember he almost fell down whenever...

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