State v. Petty

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of tampering with a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Division of Corrections. We reverse and remand.

On appeal the single error assigned is the refusal of the trial court to sustain defendant’s challenges for cause to two veniremen, both retired police officers.

Our standard of review was enunciated by the Missouri Supreme Court in State v. Treadway, 558 S.W.2d 646 (Mo. banc 1977), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 838, 99 S.Ct. 124, 58 L.Ed.2d 135 (1978):

In determining the qualifications of a prospective juror, the…