State v. Briggs

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of second-degree assault, a class C felony, and sentenced to six months in the county jail. He appeals; we affirm.

The evidence that supports the conviction was that the victim, Jerry Helmig, worked as a janitor and a dishwasher at Isabelle’s Restaurant in Warrenton, Missouri. He began each work day around 10:00 p.m. Defendant’s wife was a part-time night desk clerk at the adjacent Town and Country Motel. The motel lobby was in the Isabelle’s Restaurant building. Defendant usually accompanied his wife to work, and the couple’s 17-year-old…