State v. Matthews

STEPHAN, Judge.

Jimmie Matthews appeals his convictions of the class A misdemeanor of third degree assault, § 565.070 RSMo 1986, for which the court assessed a fine of $250.00, and of the class A misdemeanor of hindering prosecution, § 575.030 RSMo 1986, for which the jury imposed a sentence of 30 days in the St. Louis Medium Security Institution. We affirm.

On February 17, 1988, Minnie Hester parked her automobile on a parking lot at the corner of 14th and Delmar in the City of St. Louis. At approximately 3:00 p.m., Michael Herbis, an employee of Commercial Letter Inc., located at the same…