State v. Rawlins

HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

I. Factual Background

Damaris Rawlins appeals her conviction, after a bench trial, for failure to obey a deputy sheriff in the proper discharge of his duties, pursuant to Section 575.145, 1 for which she received a sentence of ten days in the Clay County jail. Rawlins makes a number of claims of error associated with her bench trial. The facts of the case, however, are undisputed.

On December 23, 2005, Rawlins was pulled over by a Clay County deputy for driving a car with license plates that properly belonged to another car. When the officer asked Rawlins for her…