STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. JASON MICHAEL HURST, Defendant-Apellant

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District In Division STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) ) v. ) No. SD37395 ) JASON MICHAEL HURST, ) Filed: August 30, 2022 ) Defendant-Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF NEWTON COUNTY Honorable Kevin Lee Selby REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR A NEW TRIAL Jason Michael Hurst (“Defendant”) appeals his convictions for first-degree tampering and resisting arrest,1 claiming the circuit court erred in refusing to give justification-by-necessity instructions to the jury. Defendant correctly argues that he presented evidence at trial that, if…