State v. Williams

CLARK, Chief Judge.

Randall Williams was convicted by a jury of the offenses of first degree assault and possession of a weapon about the premises of a correctional institution. He was found by the court to be a prior and persistent offender and was sentenced to concurrent terms of ten years and five years.

The evidence presented at trial, recounted and recast by accepting as true that which was favorable to the verdict and rejecting evidence and inferences to the contrary, State v. Fletcher, 709 S.W.2d 924, 925 (Mo.App.1986), disclosed the following facts. On the afternoon of August 5, 1985,…