State v. Pierce

HANNA, Judge.

The defendant, Jerry L. Pierce, was convicted, by a jury, of one count of first degree tampering, § 569.080.1(2), RSMo 1994, and sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to eleven years imprisonment. He appeals from his conviction and from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing.

The defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. The record shows that on November 30, 1993, a police officer stopped the car being driven by the defendant because it had an expired Kansas license plate. The officer arrested the…