State of Missouri v. Scott William Eckert

Mr. Scott W. Eckert appeals his convictions under section 575.270 2 for three class C felony victim-tampering counts, for each of which he was sentenced to seven consecutive years of imprisonment. We affirm.

While Mr. Eckert’s direct appeal of his forcible rape conviction was pending in 2010 and 2011, he wrote three letters to his teenage niece,' asking or reminding her to talk with the victim at family events and convince her to recant and to tell her mother that she was pressured by her grandmother and a therapist into blaming Mr. Eckert for her injuries^ 3 -' At the time of the rape, which…