STATE v. MEROLA

No. 48782.

689 S.W.2d 705 (1985)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Lawrence J. MEROLA, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied April 9, 1985.

Application to Transfer Denied May 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark V. Clark, Columbia, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied April 9, 1985.

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

Under § 216.460 RSMo. a prison inmate who offers violence to a guard faces from 2 to 5 years further confinement. The state dually charged defendant-prisoner with that violation. A jury found defendant guilty and the court sentenced him as a prior felon to two concurrent four-year prison terms. He appeals.

Here defendant makes two points. First he...

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