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Criminal Law: Failure to Maintain Auto Insurance-Sufficiency of Evidence
Staff Report//July 30, 2026//
Defendant appealed his conviction for failure to maintain financial responsibility of a vehicle in violation of a Kansas City ordinance.
Where the city failed to prove the existence or content of the charged ordinance, the evidence was legally insufficient to convict defendant, requiring remand for entry of judgment of acquittal.
Judgment is reversed and remanded.
City of Kansas City v. Burgett (MLW No. 85183/Case No. WD88190 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Jackson County, Rothermich, J. (Charles Lamar Burgett, appellant pro se) (Kendrea White, Kansas City for respondent)
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