STATE v. SPURGEON

No. 14876-1.

730 S.W.2d 595 (1987)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Burgess SPURGEON, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer to Denied June 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Lynn Hogan, State Public Defender's Office, Columbia, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Jeffrey Philip Dix, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


Motion for Rehearing or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied June 10, 1987.

HOLSTEIN, Judge.

Defendant Burgess Spurgeon was convicted of one count of assault in the second degree. The jury assessed his punishment at three years imprisonment. Defendant now appeals claiming the court erroneously failed to give a self-defense instruction, MAI-CR 2d 2.41.1. The judgment is affirmed.

In examining the record for evidence of self-defense the reviewing court must...

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