State v. Watkins

GREENE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Leroy J. Watkins, was charged with, and jury-convicted of, assault in the first degree. § 565.050, RSMo Cum. Supp. 1984. The trial court, after finding Watkins to be a prior and persistent offender, due to two prior felony convictions, affirmed the jury verdict of guilty, and sentenced him to 20 years’ imprisonment.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not questioned on appeal. It suffices to say that evidence was introduced from which the jury could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that on the evening of January 13, 1986,…