State v. Wren

BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant Jack Wren was convicted by a Dent County jury of an assault with in*808tent to do great bodily harm without malice aforethought [§ SS9.190, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S.] and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary. Motion for new trial was denied, defendant was granted allocution, and sentence and judgment followed. We affirm.

Defendant first challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to make a submissible case for the jury. He contends his motions for judgment of acquittal at the close of the state’s case and at the close of all of the evidence should have been…