State v. Noerper

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Defendant Robert M. Noerper appeals from a conviction of manslaughter, a Class C felony in violation of RSMo § 559.070 (1969).1 Defendant claims the state failed to make a submissible case and that his manslaughter conviction constituted double jeopardy because of his conviction at the same trial of careless and imprudent driving, a misdemeanor in violation of RSMo § 304.010 (1978). We affirm.

On February 20, 1981, Mary Cohen Har-ford was killed when the car in which she was riding was struck by defendant’s sports car. The evidence at trial showed defendant had picked up his…