State v. Fletcher

MAUS, Judge.

A jury found defendant Bill G. Fletcher guilty of driving while intoxicated, third offense. § 577.010. He was sentenced as a persistent offender to imprisonment for three years. § 577.023. He states one point on appeal. The following is a summary of the facts relevant to the disposition of that point.

Defendant and his brother, Raymond Fletcher, were traveling by automobile from Springfield, Missouri, to Pittsburgh, Kansas. Their route took them over Highway 160 in Dade County. West of Greenfield, the automobile overheated. Raymond pulled into the driveway of a farm house and…