STATE v. TOLAND

No. 50274.

708 S.W.2d 293 (1986)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Steven Wayne TOLAND, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied April 8, 1986.

Application to Transfer Denied May 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra A. Buie, St. Louis, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Kevin B. Behrndt, Jefferson City, for respondent.


CRIST, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction of first degree assault, for which he was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. Defendant asserts the trial court erred in 1) refusing to give a jury instruction on the justifiable use of force in self-defense and 2) refusing to allow defendant to testify as to victim's reputation for aggression. We affirm.

While at work in a linen plant on July 12, 1984, defendant's supervisor (Brooks) asked him to...

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