State of Missouri v. Steven Wayne Cooper

Steven Cooper challenges his conviction for failure to register as a sex offender, a class D felony. § 589.425.1. 1 Because Cooper entered a guilty plea and does not challenge the subject matter jurisdiction of the plea court or the sufficiency of the charging document, we dismiss the appeal.

Background

Cooper pled guilty to first-degree sexual abuse on November 17, 1992, and received a suspended imposition of sentence. On September 2, 2014, the State filed a complaint alleging that Cooper had failed to register as a sex offender in violation of § 589.400. On January 4, 2016, Cooper pleaded…