State v. Burse

PATRICIA L. COHEN, Judge.

Introduction

Ben Burse (“Defendant”) appeals from the trial court’s judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Monroe County, after a bench trial, upon his conviction of two counts of assault of a law enforcement officer in the first degree, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of tampering in the first degree, in violation of sections 565.081, 569.080, and 571.015. 1 Defendant contends the trial court erred in overruling his Motion for Judgment of Acquittal at the close of the State’s evidence, because the evidence was insufficient to prove Defendant guilty…