State v. Cates

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Chief Judge.

Robert G. Cates (“Defendant”) was charged by felony information with the attempted manufacture of methamphetamine in violation of Section 195.211. 1 A jury found Defendant guilty and sentenced him to seven years. Defendant appeals that conviction asserting error based on the trial court’s submission of a verdict director ascribing the incorrect mental state needed to prove the charged offense and, its denial of his motion for acquittal notwithstanding the verdict.

Because Defendant in his second point on appeal contests the sufficiency of the evidence…