State v. Tinoco

EDWIN H. SMITH, Judge.

The State of Missouri appeals the circuit court’s judgment granting Paul Tinoco’s motion for a new trial. After a jury trial on January 23, 1997, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, the jury returned guilty verdicts against the respondent on five counts of the class B felony of assault in the first degree, § 565.050, 1 one count of the class A felony of assault in the first degree, § 565.050, and six counts of the class A felony of armed criminal action, § 571.015. After trial, the respondent filed a motion for judgment of acquittal, or in the alternative, for a new…