State v. Dentman

STEPHAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Tommie C. Dentman was convicted of the class D felony of tampering with a witness in a felony prosecution, § 575.270, RSMo 1978, and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years. He appeals; we affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, and we therefore make only a brief statement of the facts supporting the conviction. Other facts will be alluded to as necessary in the discussion of the points on appeal.

By its verdict, the jury found that defendant offered money to Richard Ford to induce him to absent himself from a capital murder…