State v. Lanier

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Appellant, Sidney Lanier (“defendant”), appeals the judgment of conviction for two counts of first degree assault, RSMo section 565.050 (1994), 1 and two counts of armed criminal action, RSMo section 571.015, entered by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis after a bench trial. We affirm.

In the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence established that on March 16, 1996, at approximately 1:30 p.m., several young girls were standing near an apartment building in the City of St. Louis when they noticed a dark car parked in a lot nearby. They decided to walk…