State v. Wolfe

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Chief Judge.

A jury found Ray Wolfe guilty of two counts of tampering with a judicial officer, in violation of § 565.084, 1 based on letters that he sent to two judges.

Background

Wolfe, who was from southwest Missouri but attending law school in Massachusetts, was cited for traffic violations in Springfield while home for the holidays. 2 He mailed the clerk’s office a jury trial demand and a list of conflict dates. For reasons explained at trial but not relevant to this appeal, court dates were scheduled which were inconvenient to Wolfe, who had returned to school, prompting…