State v. Adams

Richard J. Adams (“Appellant”) appeals his convictions by a jury for two counts of the class C felony of tampering with a judicial officer, violations of section 565.084. 1 Following trial, Appellant was sentenced by the trial court to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on each count with the sentences to run consecutive and the execution of sentence suspended. Appellant alleges four points of trial court error, discussed below. We affirm.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, State v. Tinsley, 143 S.W.3d 722, 726 (Mo.App.2004), the genesis…