State v. Luker

FLANIGAN, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of unlawful use of a weapon, § 571.030.1(1),1 and he was *317sentenced, as a persistent offender, to six years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

Defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, and the trial court erred in ruling otherwise, because “the alleged dangerous weapon, the scratch awl, ... is a carpenter’s tool and is used for legitimate purposes.... ”

Defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence requires this court to determine whether there was sufficient evidence from which a reasonable juror might…