Ray v. Director of Revenue

KAROHL, Judge.

Director of Revenue (Director) appeals from a judgment against John H. Ray (Ray) which changed the penalty against Ray from a one-year driver’s license revocation to a thirty-day suspension, followed by a sixty-day period of restricted driving privileges. Director contends the court had no jurisdiction to so amend the judgment. We reverse and remand for reinstatement of original judgment.

On July 19, 1996, an officer responded to an accident call in St. Louis County. At the scene, the officer found a truck crashed into a tree. The driver, Ray, was still in the driver’s seat and…