Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael HANCOCK, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2005-04-26
Citations: 162 S.W.3d 476
Docket Number: No. SC 85948
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael HANCOCK, Appellant.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 162
Pages: 476–477

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael HANCOCK, Appellant.
No. SC 85948.
Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.
April 26, 2005.
Rehearing Denied May 31, 2005.
Jeffrey S. Eastman, Gladstone, MO, for Appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Richard A. Starnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Michael Hancock appeals from his felony conviction for driving while intoxicated and his sentence as a persistent offender based on two prior driving while intoxicated convictions. Hancock argues that charging him with a felony based partly on a prior municipal driving while intoxicated conviction violates the Equal Protection clauses of the United States and Missouri Constitutions. This Court has jurisdiction. Mo. Const, art. V, section 3.
Hancock's contentions are resolved in State of Missouri v. Jeremy Pike, 162 S.W.3d 464, 2005 WL 949692 (Mo. banc 2005) (No. SC86083, decided April 26, 2005). For the reasons stated in that opinion, the judgment is affirmed.
All concur.
. U.S. Const, amends. V and XIV; Mo. Const. art. I, sec. 2.