State v. Cipolla

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a misdemeanor conviction for careless and imprudent driving of a motor vehicle on the public highways in Platte County, Missouri. A jury was waived and trial to the court resulted in conviction. The punishment was assessed at a fine of $500.00 and 30 days in the county jail. This is a companion case to Case No. 24969, wherein an opinion is handed down contemporaneously herewith. We shall refer to the appellant as the defendant.

The facts in this case are simple. The defendant did not offer any evidence. On April 26, 1967, a member of the Missouri…