State v. Warren

HOGAN, Judge.

A jury has found defendant Walter Warren guilty of the offense of passing a bad check as defined and denounced by §§ 570.-120.1 and 570.120.6(2), RSMo 1978, and has assessed his punishment at imprisonment for a term of two years. Defendant appeals.

In October 1980, Thomas Archer owned a used car lot near Ironton. One of the vehicles offered for sale was a 1973 pickup truck. When Walter drove by the Archer lot on October 4, he saw the pickup, decided “it looked like ... a pretty good ... vehicle” and inquired what Archer’s “bottom dollar” was. Archer agreed to sell the pickup for…