State v. Walker

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Defendant (prisoner) appeals from a jury conviction for injuring penitentiary property, contrary to § 216.460, RSMo 1978, for which he received a sentence of two years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

On May 24, 1982, prisoner was serving a sentence in the Special Management Unit, the maximum security section of the Missouri State Penitentiary. He was alone in his cell. Prisoner’s cell door was opened to allow him to clean his cell with a broom provided for that purpose. However, he did not use the broom to clean his cell. Instead, prisoner used it to knock out some lights, and…