State v. Tweedy

CLARK, Judge.

Waldo A. Tweedy, Jr., was convicted of driving an overweight vehicle on a state highway in violation of § 304.180, RSMo 1986,1 and was fined $1105.30. He appeals contending that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction.

The evidence, consistent with the court’s verdict, established that on April 9, 1987, Tweedy was driving a dump truck loaded with rock on Interstate Highway 29 in Platte County, Missouri. At the Missouri Highway Patrol weigh station north of Platte City, Tweedy requested assistance in locating Highway 45 and, while there, his truck was weighed on the…