State v. Timmons

TITUS, Judge.

A Greene County jury found defendant guilty of the felonies of kidnapping (§ 559.-240, V.A.M.S.) and assault with intent to do great bodily harm without malice aforethought (§ 559.190, V.A.M.S.), and fixed punishment for the kidnapping at three years’ imprisonment and for the assault at four years’ imprisonment. After due post-trial proceedings, defendant appealed.

As convictions have resulted on both counts of the information, our recasting of the evidence, infra, is done with deference to the appellate rule that the evidence, whether direct or circumstantial, must be reviewed…