State v. Methfessel

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his convictions on one count of first degree burglary, § 569.160 RSMo 1978, and one count of first degree assault, § 565.050 RSMo 1978. Defendant was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment on the burglary count and thirty years on the assault count, the sentences to run consecutively.

On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in: (1) refusing to instruct the jury on second degree assault; (2) allowing defendant to be tried while wearing leg restraints; (3) overruling defendant’s motion to suppress his oral statements; and (4)…