State v. Cochran

HOLMAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged with and found guilty of the offense of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident. See § 564.450, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. The jury fixed his punishment at six months’ imprisonment in the county jail. Defendant has appealed. We have jurisdiction because the appeal involves a felony conviction and was taken prior to January 1, 1972, the effective date of new Art. V, § 3, Mo.Const., V.A.M.S. We affirm.

Section 564.450 reads as follows: “No person operating or driving a vehicle on the highway knowing that an injury has been caused to a person or damage…