STATE v. VANDIVER

No. WD 39961.

757 S.W.2d 308 (1988)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Mason VANDIVER, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

September 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Wynes, Columbia, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Philip M. Koppe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, for respondent.

Before COVINGTON, J., Presiding and NUGENT and GAITAN, JJ.


COVINGTON, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for possessing a weapon in or about the premises of a correctional institution in violation of § 217.360.1(4), RSMo 1986. After a jury trial, defendant was convicted and sentenced to a seven-year term.

The single issue in this case is the defendant's claim that the trial court erred in refusing to give an instruction on the defense of justification to the charge of possessing a weapon in or about the...

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