State v. Ailshire

BERREY, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of attempted second degree arson, Section 564.011, RSMo.,1 by a jury in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County. Under the persistent offender act, Section 558.016, RSMo.Supp. 1982, and in accordance with the verdict, the trial judge sentenced the defendant to a term of seven (7) years imprisonment. The defendant now appeals alleging that the trial court erred because: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, (2) the verdict directing instruction was not supported by the evidence, and (3) the prosecutor improperly commented on the range…