State v. Absher

HOGAN, Presiding Judge.

Bobby Gene Absher was tried in the Circuit Court of Howell County upon an information charging him with driving upon a federal highway at a speed in excess of 70 miles per hour in the daytime, in violation of RSMo § 304.010, par. 2(1) (Cum. Supp.1967), V.A.M.S. Trial to the court without a jury was had on February 15, 1968. At the conclusion of the trial, the defendant was asked if he had any reason to offer why a sentence should not be pronounced, and the court then stated:

“ * * * It’s the order, sentence and judgment of this Court that you be fined the sum of Fifty…