State v. Teter

NUGENT, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Franklin Lyle Teter appeals his conviction following a jury trial on charges of manslaughter in violation of § 565.005 1, and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident in violation of § 577.-060. The jury’s verdict imposed respective sentences of six years pursuant to § 565.031 and two years pursuant to § 558.011.1(4). We affirm.

Shortly after midnight on May 9, 1980, Officer Joe Fagiolo, Columbia, Missouri, Police Department, who was stopped at a red light and heading in an easterly direction, observed an automobile, driven by Teter in a northerly…