State of Missouri, Respondent/Cross-Appellant v. Elvis Smith, Appellant/Cross-Respondent.

Elvis Smith appeals the judgment of conviction entered by the circuit court of the City of St. Louis after a jury found him guilty of murder in the first-degree and armed criminal action. Smith claims: (1) the circuit court erred in refusing to submit his self-defense instruction on murder and assault and (2) the circuit court’s written judgment contains a clerical mistake that he pleaded guilty to murder and armed criminal action. The State cross-appeals, asserting the circuit court erred in granting Smith’s motion for judgment of acquittal on assault and armed criminal action in connection…