State v. Scott

CRAHAN, Judge.

James Scott, (“Defendant”) appeals the trial court’s judgment entered upon his conviction by a jury of causing a catastrophe, Section 569.070 RSMo 1986, 1 for which he was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to life imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections. We affirm.

During the flood of 1998, the Mississippi River crested at 32 feet on July 13 at the West Quincy levee. By July 16, the river had fallen 6 inches and the levee was in excellent condition. That night the levee broke.

Before the levee broke, Defendant told several people that he wished the…