State of Missouri v. Larry Donnell Simms

Larry Donnell Simms appeals the circuit court’s judgment finding him guilty of one count of domestic assault in the first degree, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, domestic assault in the, second degree and assault in the third degree. Simms raises two points on appeal. In his first point on appeal, Simms argues that the circuit court failed to ascertain his waiver of jury trial on the record in open court as required by both the Missouri and the United States Constitutions. First, Simms argues that because his blindness and advanced glaucoma rendered him unable to read the…