State v. Cooper

PAUL J. SIMON, Presiding Judge.

Rodney Cooper (defendant) appeals from his conviction following a bench trial for attempt to manufacture a controlled substance, methamphetamine, in violation of Section 195.211 RSMo 2000 (all further references herein shall be to RSMo 2000 unless otherwise indicated). The trial court sentenced defendant to a term of five years of imprisonment in the Missouri De partment of Corrections, but suspended execution of the sentence and placed defendant on supervised probation for five years.

On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court: (1) erred in overruling…