State v. Unverzagt

FLANIGAN, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of assault in the first degree, § 565.050, 1 and he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

Defendant’s first point is that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict and that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal, made at the close of all the evidence. More specifically, defendant asserts that the state “failed to establish that defendant attempted to kill or cause serious physical injury to Russell Hill or that defendant pulled the trigger of a gun pointed at Russell Hill.”

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