State v. Wessel

Todd W. Wessel (“Defendant”) appeals from his fourth conviction for Driving While Intoxicated, a Class D felony, in violation of Section 577.010 RSMo.1994.1 Defendant was found guilty as charged and sentenced to one year in prison.2

*15We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. On May 9, 1992, at approximately 1:50 p.m., a Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper (“Trooper”) received a dispatch about an automobile accident in the eastbound lane of Interstate 70 in St. Charles County. In less than ten minutes, Trooper arrived on the scene and observed two men standing next to two…