State v. McClain

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for assault on a law officer in the first degree. He was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to life imprisonment. We affirm.

The submissibility of the evidence to support Defendant’s conviction is not in dispute. Around 3:30 p.m. on December 16, 1989, two Missouri State Park Rangers observed a car with expired registration tags. They began to follow the car and it sped up. The rangers contacted the St. Francois County Sheriff’s department for assistance. Trooper Ralph Sturdevant stationed himself at the bottom of a hill, with his car on…