State v. Brown

CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Wendell Brown, was convicted in a jury trial of assault in the first degree, § 565.050, RSMo (1978), and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment.

Since appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, we will briefly review the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. See State v. Means, 628 S.W.2d 426, 427 (Mo.App.1982). On April 2, 1981, John C. Oliver and appellant were involved in an argument near appellant’s place of business, culminating in appellant cutting Mr. Oliver’s throat. Oliver later identified appellant from five…