State v. Adams

CROW, Judge.

Appellant Danny Lee Adams, tried as a prior offender, § 558.016.2, 1 and persistent offender, § 558.016.3, was found guilty by a jury of the class A felony of assault in the first degree, § 565.050, and sentenced by the trial court to 20 years’ imprisonment.

Appellant presents six assignments of error. They require a synopsis of the evidence.

The victim was Steven Ray Nimon, date of birth February 8, 1985.

The State’s evidence established that “at the very end of July,” 1988, Steven’s mother, Ellen Suzette (“Suzy”) Huntley, began living with appellant (then age 28) in the home of…