State v. Bailey

FERNANDO J. GAITAN, Special Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Daniel C. Bailey was found guilty by a jury of first degree tampering with a motor vehicle and was sentenced as a persistent offender to a term of three years imprisonment. Defendant appealed alleging the trial court erred: (1) by permitting the state to introduce character evidence when defendant had not placed his character in issue; and (2) by permitting the state to proceed on an indictment which was defective in that it failed to allege the name of the owner of the vehicle. The Missouri Court of Appeals —Eastern District, affirmed…