State v. Bextermueller

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from convictions of manslaughter, § 559.070, RSMo 1969, and driving while intoxicated, § 564.440, RSMo 1969. In accordance with the verdict, defendant was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment for manslaughter and three months’ imprisonment for driving while intoxicated, the sentences to be served consecutively. We affirm.

This case arises out of a collision between a pickup truck driven by defendant and a motorcycle operated by Donald Bell which resulted in Bell’s death. The collision occurred when defendant, who had been driving westwardly on Jungs Station…