Legal Opinion

State v. Lasley

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 21, 1987No. 51859PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals after being convicted by a jury of second degree assault and sentenced as a prior offender to 6 years imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant challenges in his principal point on appeal the sufficiency of the evidence to convict him of second degree assault. In determining whether there was sufficient evidence, we accept as true all evidence, circumstantial or direct, tending to prove defendant guilty together with all reasonable inferences which support the verdict. We must determine whether there was sufficient evidence from which reasonable persons could have…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. MartinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. State v. WoodsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  3. State v. DunavantMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. State v. ReasonoverMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. State v. FeastMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Slankard v. ThomasMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. State v. HicksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1997
  3. State of Missouri v. Angela R. HendersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 2021

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