State of Missouri v. Jonathan L. Fields

Jonathan Fields .(“Fields”) appeals his conviction and sentence, following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri (“trial court”), for one count each of attempted robbery in the first degree, armed criminal action, and resisting a lawful stop. He asserts instructional and sentencing error. We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History 1

On thé morning of September 20, 2013, Fields was driving a maroon van. Theodore Watkins (“Watkins”) was in the front passenger seat, and Marlyn Standifer (“Standifer”) and Fields’s brother, Joshua Fields, were in the back seat. Watkins heard…