State v. Johnson

GREENE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Jerome Johnson, was charged by information with the class D felony of resisting or interfering with arrest, § 575.150.1(1). 1 After a trial by court, Johnson was found not guilty of a felony, but guilty of the class A misdemeanor of resisting arrest, and was sentenced to serve one year in the Mississippi County jail.

On appeal, Johnson contends the evidence produced at trial was insufficient to sustain the conviction. We agree, and reverse.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the state, the evidence introduced at trial was as follows. On the evening of…