State v. Atterberry

A Stone County jury declared defendant guilty of the class D felony of tampering with a witness as denounced by § 575.270 1 He was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two years [§ 558.011-1(4) ] and appealed.2

Tim and Caroline Sauer and their two sons were riding in an automobile when it was overtaken and sideswiped by a car which did not stop. Tim pursued the fleeing vehicle, stopped it and learned it was driven by Gary Moore and occupied by a woman. At Tim’s instruction, Moore followed the Sauer automobile into Kimber-ling City. However, while Tim was telephoning the authorities anent…