State v. Van Vleck

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Robert Royal Van Vleek, appeals from his jury convictions of two counts of attempted kidnapping. Appellant was sentenced to consecutive terms of one and two years imprisonment. Appellant’s sole point on appeal is that the state failed to prove an essential element of its case: an intent or purpose to kidnap the victims. We affirm.

We are advised to view the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict and accept as true all reasonable inferences that support it. State v. Henderson, 743 S.W.2d 583, 586 (Mo.App., E.D.1988). To sustain the…