State v. Daywalt

GREENE, Judge.

Tom Daywalt was court-tried and convicted of the class B misdemeanor of trespass in the first degree, § 569.140,1 and was sentenced to three days’ confinement in the county jail as punishment for the offense. The substance of the charge against Daywalt, who was 60 years old, was that he had knowingly and unlawfully entered real estate owned by Ethel Vaughan, after having been given notice not to do so.

Daywalt had rented an apartment from Ms. Vaughan in Lanagan, McDonald County, Missouri, and had been her tenant for seven years. For reasons not explained in the record, Ms.…