City of Kansas City v. Troutner

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was found by a police officer fast asleep behind the wheel of his camper-truck on a private parking lot adjacent to the city street with the engine still active and the transmission engaged in the park position. The head of the defendant was tucked upon his chest, right arm draped over the steering wheel, and his right hand clutched $200 in currency. The defendant awoke only after some physical effort by the officer to revive him to consciousness. Inquiry disclosed that defendant had come from a tavern close by where he had consumed some ten beers…