State v. Stottlemyre

NUGENT, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Monte Lane Stottlemyre was convicted after a jury trial of involuntary manslaughter in violation of § 565.024,1 and sentenced to one year. We affirm.

On June 1, 1986, at about 10:30 p.m., defendant was driving his motorcycle back and forth across the dam at Smithville Lake. Michael Quincy was a passenger on the motorcycle; neither man was wearing a helmet. No street lights are near the dam, and the motorcycle had no headlights.

Charles Chappelow was fishing below the dam and testified that he heard the motorcycle “revving very high.” Defendant lost control of…