State v. Howard

GREENE, Chief Judge.

Defendant, David Alan Howard, was jury-tried and convicted of one count of first degree assault, one count of second degree assault, and two counts of third degree assault, for which he received total sentences of 27 years’ imprisonment and $2,000 in fines.

The charges against Howard were filed after a high-speed automobile chase on Interstate 44 near Rolla, Missouri. Howard, who had been observed driving his Datsun automobile in excess of the speed limit, tried to elude pursuing highway patrolmen by outrunning them.

During the chase, patrol cars driven by Troopers Quinn and…