Legal Opinion
State v. Royal
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 3, 2009No. WD 69152PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS H. NEWTON, Chief Judge.
Mr. Mark Royal appeals his convictions of driving while intoxicated (DWI), section 577.010, 1 second-degree assault, section 565.060.1(4), and second-degree murder, section 565.021.1(2). Mr. Royal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence that he was intoxicated while driving and the validity of his DWI conviction. Because his DWI conviction is a lesser-included offense of the second-degree assault conviction, we reverse in part and affirm in part.
Factual and Procedural Background
On November 2, 2006, around 11:00 p.m., Mr. Royal ran a red light in his truck and…
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