State v. Goodman

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

From a conviction in the magistrate court of common assault under V.A.M.S., § 559.-220, a misdemeanor, the defendant appealed to the circuit court. There, on trial de no-vo, the jury found him guilty. Defendant now appeals to this Court. We affirm.

The only points claimed by defendant to constitute error are the failure of the trial court to instruct the jury on the defendant’s right to resist an unlawful arrest and his right of self-defense. Present counsel, who did not represent defendant at the trial, concede that no such instructions were requested from the trial court.…