State v. Louis

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Chief Judge.

The defendant, Sammie J. Louis, appeals the judgment entered after a jury convicted him of' the class D felony of operating a motor vehicle without a valid license in violation of section 302.020, RSMo 2000. He complains the prosecutor informed the jury that the trial judge endorsed the arresting officer’s actions during a traffic stop. We affirm as modified.

The evidence adduced at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, was as follows: Shortly after midnight, on December 18, 1999, Bruce Becker, a Missouri Highway State Patrol trooper, was…