State v. Bruce

TURNAGE, Judge.

Larry E. Bruce was found guilty by a jury of tampering, first degree, § 569.080.1(2), RSMo 1986. Punishment was set at three years imprisonment. Bruce contends error in the admission of his out-of-court statement and the striking of six out of eight black venire persons by the prosecutor. Affirmed.

In May of 1986, Cynthia Bryant parked her pickup in a parking lot at 50th and Main in Kansas City. When she returned shortly after midnight, she saw a man standing between her truck and the car next to it. When she realized the man was relieving himself, she slowed down and then…