Legal Opinion

State v. Holiday

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 19, 1978No. 39350PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction by a jury of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and the resultant sentence of two years imprisonment. We affirm.

The evidence was sufficient for a jury to find that defendant assaulted Loretta Wallace by connecting to Ms. Wallace an electrical device whereby defendant over a two hour period introduced as much as twenty thousand volts of electricity at very low amperage into the body of Ms. Wallace twenty times. Defendant and Ms. Wallace had lived off and on with each other for approximately ten years. Their relationship was turbulent and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. UmfreesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
  2. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  3. State v. ThomasMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. PattersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. State v. SipeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983

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