State v. Shelton

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Judge.

Matthew Shelton appeals his convictions for second-degree domestic assault, a felony,1 and the misdemeanor of resisting lawful detention. We consider here only his second point, couched as an insufficiency-of-evidence claim as to the felony, but which turns on statutory interpretation.2

Shelton’s Arguments re § 565.073.1(1) Assaults

Shelton used his fists to beat his wife’s face. He claims, nonetheless, that he did not violate § 565.073.1(l)’s prohibition against injuring a family member “by any means, including but not limited to, by use of a deadly weapon or dangerous…