State v. Pittman

JEFFREY W. BATES, Chief Judge.

Jeremiah Pittman (“Defendant”) was charged by information with the class C felony of tampering with a witness. See § 575.270. 1 Following a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of this offense and sentenced by the trial court to serve four years in prison. 2 Defendant presents two points on appeal. In Point I, Defendant claims the trial court erred in preventing Officer Mark Ringgold (“Ringgold”), the witness allegedly threatened by Defendant, from being cross-examined about arranging Defendant’s quick release from jail so he could work as a police informant. In…