STATE OF MISSOURI v. SHANE WILLIAM JOHNSON, Defendant-Respondent

STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. SD36661 ) SHANE WILLIAM JOHNSON, ) December 22, 2020 ) Defendant-Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PHELPS COUNTY Honorable William E. Hickle AFFIRMED The State appeals the trial court’s judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”) that (1) set aside the jury’s verdict that Shane William Johnson (“Defendant”) was guilty of the enhanced class-E felony of resisting arrest; and (2) convicted Defendant instead of the unenhanced class-A misdemeanor of resisting arrest. 1 The State’s single point claims the trial court erred in…