STATE OF MISSOURI v. XAVIER M. RAY, Defendant-Respondent

STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. SD36620 ) XAVIER M. RAY, ) Filing: January 19, 2021 ) Defendant-Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF DUNKLIN COUNTY Honorable Robert N. Mayer AFFIRMED The State appeals the trial court’s judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”) that set aside the jury’s verdict that Xavier M. Ray (“Defendant”) was guilty of attempted burglary in the first degree and convicted Defendant instead of the lesser-included offense of attempted trespass in the first-degree.1 In one point on appeal, the State claims the trial court erred in…