State v. Pitchford

DOWD, Judge.

Defendant Jerry Pitchford was found guilty by a jury of assault with intent to ravish with malice, § 559.180. He was tried under the Second Offender Act, § 556.280, and sentenced by the court to ten years imprisonment in the Department of Corrections. He raises two points on appeal: 1) that the trial court erred in instructing upon the lesser included offense of common assault without including the range of punishment in violation of MAI-CR 2.04; and 2) the trial court erred in refusing the defense challenge for cause of a prospective juror.

Only a brief recitation of the facts is…