STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent v. JAMES WILLIS PETERS, Appellant

In Division STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) No. SD38673 ) v. ) Filed: July 9, 2025 ) JAMES WILLIS PETERS, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JASPER COUNTY Honorable Dean G. Dankelson, Judge AFFIRMED Introduction Following a jury trial, James Willis Peters was convicted of the class C felony of driving while intoxicated and sentenced as a chronic offender for having four or more previous intoxication-related traffic offenses ("IRTOs"). In his sole point on appeal, Peters argues he should be resentenced as an aggravated offender instead of a chronic offender because the…