State v. Garrison

GARRISON, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted Arthur James Garrison (“Defendant”) of first degree assault, § 565.050, 1 and second degree attempted robbery, § 564.011. The trial court sentenced him to consecutive prison terms of fifteen years for the assault conviction, and seven years for the attempted robbery conviction. On this appeal, he claims that the trial court erred in rejecting two of his proffered jury instructions which would have authorized a conviction of third degree rather than first degree assault. We affirm.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting…