State v. Carver

HANNA, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Steven L. Carver, was convicted by a jury in Benton County, Missouri, of a class D felony of tampering with physical evidence, § 575.100.1(1), RSMo 1986, and sentenced to three years imprisonment. The sole issue on appeal is whether the state proved that the defendant “concealed the revolver with the purpose of impairing its availability in an ‘official investigation’ ” because, the defendant argues, the investigation had not commenced when the defendant hid the weapon. We recite the facts most favorable to the verdict.

During the evening of January 20,…