State v. Johnson

Defendant, Richard Johnson, was convicted by a jury of tampering in the first degree, RSMo § 569.080 (1986), for which he was sentenced as a persistent offender to seven years imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in overruling his objection and allowing the prosecutor to read into evidence portions of the guilty plea by the codefendant. Defendant also appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We reverse and remand.

On January 22, 1987, police officers Moore and Young were on routine patrol in a marked police vehicle near the…