State v. Anding

SHANGLER, Judge.

The defendant Anding, an attorney, was convicted by a jury of tampering with a witness in violation of § 575.270, RSMo 1978, and was sentenced to a term of three years. The conviction rests on an episode of misconduct alleged against Anding in the defense of one Robert Watters, Jr., charged in the circuit court of Franklin County with the theft of a watercraft, a class C felony. The essence of that accusation was that Watters stole a johnboat and trailer, the property of one George Hall. The conviction of defendant Anding was for tampering with Hall by payment of money to…