State v. Richardson

EDWIN H. SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Tracy L. Richardson appeals her jury convictions in the Circuit Court of Jackson County for one count of assault in the first degree, § 565.050 1 , and one count of armed criminal action, § 571.015.1. She was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of twenty years for the first-degree assault and fifteen years for the armed criminal action.

Appellant asserts three points on appeal. In her first point, she alleges that the trial court erred in advising the jury, in effect, to disregard the issue of punishment and then giving the “Hammer” instruction, MAI-CR…