State v. Hunter

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Matthew Hunter, appeals his jury trial conviction for the offense of tampering in the first degree pursuant to RSMo § 569.080 (1986) for which he was sentenced to three years imprisonment. On appeal, appellant contends, inter alia, that the trial court erred in not quashing the jury panel after the State used peremptory challenges to remove blacks from the panel.

On July 17, 1988, Officer James Livingston of the Shrewsbury Police Department was working a stationary radar detail on Interstate Highway 44 at Shrewsbury Avenue. At approximately 6:30…