State v. Christian

SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was tried and convicted of assaulting a police officer while the latter was engaged in discharging his official duties, a misdemeanor. Punishment was fixed at thirty days confinement in the Buchanan County Jail and payment of a $100.00 fine.

A brief narration of the apical facts follows: At approximately 3:30 A. M. on the morning of October 22, 1976, two members of the St. Joseph, Missouri, Police Department were en route to the apartment of Sheryl Christian, defendant’s estranged wife, in response to a “disturbance call”. Upon arrival they observed…