STATE v. BECKETT

No. WD 47014.

858 S.W.2d 856 (1993)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Richard Lee BECKETT, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

August 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Schloss, Kansas City, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Philip M. Koppe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, for respondent.

Before SPINDEN, P.J., and FENNER and HANNA, JJ.


SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

Richard Lee Beckett appeals his conviction, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree in connection with the beating of Debra Otte on August 22, 1991. Beckett complains that Otte's testimony against him was so self-contradictory that it cannot support the jury's verdict. We affirm.

Considering the evidence in a light most favorable to the jury's verdict, the state established that Beckett brutally beat Otte at his apartment...

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