Legal Opinion

State v. Townsend

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 12, 2018No. SD 35077PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtDon E. Burrell, J.

*178Marquan Dezarsha Townsend ("Defendant") appeals his bench-trial conviction for the class-E felony of resisting arrest for actions he took while fleeing from the police in his vehicle in February 2017. See section 575.150.1 In a single point relied on, Defendant insists "that there was insufficient evidence to establish that [he] fled in a manner that created a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death to any person."

Finding no merit in Defendant's point, we affirm.

Governing Law & Applicable Principles of Review

Section 575.150.1(1) provides, inter alia , that

[a] person commits the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. ChaneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
  3. State v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 2002
  4. State v. MahurinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
  5. State of Missouri v. Sylvester PorterSupreme Court of Missouri · 2014

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