State v. Wren

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

Defendant was charged with operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner in violation of Section 304.010, RSMo 1978. Defendant waived trial by jury and on October 11, 1979, following the introduction of evidence, the trial court found defendant guilty as charged.

From a sequential standpoint, an aberration of procedural events occurred in the trial court after the verdict was returned which pose a jurisdictional question. The events referred to, in chronological order, are as follows. On the same day the verdict was returned, to wit, October 11, 1979, the trial…