STATE OF MISSOURI v. JOSEPH THERON WRIGHT

STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) ) vs. ) No. SD36013 ) JOSEPH THERON WRIGHT, ) FILED: February 11, 2020 ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF STODDARD COUNTY Honorable Robert N. Mayer, Judge REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Convicted of second-degree domestic assault, a class D felony, Appellant received a 12-year sentence as a § 565.079 persistent assault offender, which the state now concedes as error. 1 Finding no merit to Appellant’s other point, we reverse and remand for resentencing. The persistent-assault-offender finding was based on Appellant’s two other assault…