MICHAEL D. BURNS v. STATE OF MISSOURI

MICHAEL D. BURNS, ) ) Appellant, ) ) No. SD36919 vs. ) ) Filed: August 27, 2021 STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY Honorable William E. Hickle, Judge AFFIRMED A jury found Michael Burns guilty of 2nd degree assault on special victim, a class B felony. Section 565.052.1 Prior to presentation of evidence to the jury, the state introduced evidence that Burns had been convicted of felony assaults in 1985 and 1990, and felony DWI in 2009. Based on this evidence, the trial court, without objection, found Burns to be both a prior assault offender (§…