State v. Teaster

BARNEY, Judge.

Upon trial by jury, Michael Teaster was found guilty of driving while intoxicated as defined and proscribed by section 577.010. 1 The trial court sentenced Mr. Teaster, as a prior and persistent offender, to ten years’ imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections. §§ 558.011.1(4); 577.023.1; 558.016; 557.036. In his appeal from his judgment of conviction, Mr. Teaster raises one point of trial court error. He argues that the trial court erred in not sustaining his motion for a judgment of acquittal at the close of all of the evidence. Mr. Teaster maintains that the…