State v. Bolden

SIMEONE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Jerome Darnell Bol-den, was found guilty by a jury of assault with intent to maim with malice and was sentenced by the court under the Second Offender Act to 35 years imprisonment. § 556.280, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. He appeals. For reasons hereinafter stated, we affirm the judgment of conviction.

Defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence; hence only those facts necessary for the disposition of this appeal will be stated.

The incident for which defendant was tried and sentenced occurred during the early morning hours of June 8, 1973. At…