State v. Truitt

BERREY, Judge.

Defendant appeals his jury conviction of attempted rape. The court sentenced defendant to eight years in the Missouri Department of Corrections and defendant timely filed his notice of appeal.

Defendant raises two points of error: (1) that the court erred in giving MAI-CR 1.02 and 2.20; and (2) that the court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of all the evidence.

The defendant claims the court erred by giving MAI-CR 1.02 and 2.20. The defendant alleges these instructions improperly define reasonable doubt and therefore reduce the state’s…