State v. Trimmer

AHRENS, Presiding Judge.

In this jury-tried case, defendant, Burl Trimmer, appeals from his conviction of second-degree assault in violation of § 565.-060.1(3) RSMo 1986. Defendant was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to seven years’ imprisonment, to run consecutively to a sentence previously imposed in the state of Kansas. We affirm.

The evidence adduced at trial established the following facts. At approximately 10:30 p.m. on July 20, 1991, Darrell Talle-vast, Jason Shaffer, and Tim Jordan met defendant at a pool hall in Perryville, Missouri. The group purchased a case of beer,…