City of Maplewood v. Marti

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and conviction in the St. Louis County Circuit Court against defendant for three municipal ordinance violations: two counts for assault and one for resisting arrest. We affirm because the circuit court had proper jurisdiction over the municipal violations, the summonses sufficiently apprised defendant of the charges against him, evidence adduced at trial was not the fruit of a poisonous tree, and the trial court properly excluded surprise evidence offered by defendant.

Viewing the evidence most favorable to the verdict, defendant was…