State v. Goodman

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Lloyd W. Goodman, convicted by a jury of assault with intent to do great bodily harm with malice aforethought, § 559.180, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., and sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment, has appealed. The notice of appeal was filed prior to January 1, 1972.

Appellant claims that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, with sufficient credible evidence, that appellant “performed the acts of assault with malice aforethought.” There was evidence from which the jury could find these facts: Appellant Goodman, his mother (Mrs. Lita Goodman) and Leslie Earl Lowther were…