State v. Tucker

STONE, Judge.

By amended information filed in the Circuit Court of Reynolds County on March 25, 1965, defendant Everett L. Tucker was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, a misdemeanor where, as here, two prior convictions for the same offense were not charged. V.A.M.S. § 564.440, as amended Laws 1963, p. 686. Upon trial, the jury found him guilty and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the county jail for a term of thirty days. After unsuccessfully moving for a new trial, he appealed.

Employed counsel represented defendant throughout the course of the proceedings in…