State v. Thomas

FLANIGAN, Chief Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of assault in the first degree, § 565.050,1 and he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

The conviction was based upon Count II of the information, which charged that the defendant, on or about November 6, 1988, in Scott County, “knowingly caused serious physical injury to Eric C. Thomas by placing hot, melting plastic on his bare stomach and thereby burning him.” Count I of the information, on which the jury could not agree and which was later dismissed by the state, charged that the defendant, on or *139about November 5,…