CITY OF JOPLIN v. JAMES MAXWELL LEEPER, JR.

CITY OF JOPLIN, ) ) Respondent, ) ) vs. ) No. SD35546 ) Filed: June 7, 2019 JAMES MAXWELL LEEPER, JR., ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JASPER COUNTY Honorable Dean G. Dankelson, Judge Before Francis, P.J., Bates, J., and Scott, J. AFFIRMED PER CURIAM. James Maxwell Leeper, Jr. was found guilty after a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Joplin Municipal Division, of violating four municipal traffic ordinances of the Joplin City Code. Leeper applied for a trial de novo in the Jasper County Circuit Court (“trial court”). Following a bench trial there, the trial…