State v. Hurtt

MAUS, Judge.

A jury found defendant, James K. Hurtt, guilty of assault in the first degree, § 565.-050, and armed criminal action, § 571.015. The trial court found him to be a prior and persistent offender and class X offender and as such sentenced him to imprisonment for thirty years on the assault conviction and ten years on the armed criminal action conviction. Hurtt filed a motion for post-conviction relief which was denied. His appeal from the convictions of assault and armed criminal action has been consolidated with his appeal from the denial of his postconviction motion. Viewing the…