STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. DANIEL R. CARPENTER, JR.

STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) No. SD35791 ) vs. ) Filed: September 25, 2019 ) DANIEL R. CARPENTER, JR., ) ) Defendant-Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GREENE COUNTY Honorable Judge David C. Jones AFFIRMED Daniel R. Carpenter, Jr. ("Defendant") appeals his conviction, after a bench trial, of assault in the second degree. He alleges there was insufficient evidence to show Defendant caused serious physical injury to Joshua Hatt ("Victim") because Victim did not suffer a "protracted impairment" of the function of any part of Victim's body. Defendant's argument lacks…