State v. Jackson

SWOFFORD, Judge.

Appellant (hereinafter designated as “defendant”), an inmate in the Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson City, was charged by information with striking Cecil Garnett, an officer and guard, with a broken chair leg. This charge is a felony under Section 216.460 RSMo 1969. He was tried and convicted of this offense and sentenced to three (3) years. From this conviction he appeals.

The defendant basically urges that the conviction be reversed upon four grounds: First, that the trial court should have directed a verdict of acquittal because the state failed to prove that Cecil…