STATE v. KEELER

No. 18362.

856 S.W.2d 928 (1993)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff Respondent, v. Dennis R. KEELER, Defendant Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

July 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Richart, Joplin, for defendantappellant. Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., John M. Saleeby, Hugh Marshall, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


SHRUM, Judge.

The defendant, Dennis R. Keeler, was convicted of attempted kidnapping and sentenced to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Among the issues he raises on appeal is the dispositive one, a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to submit the case to the jury. We reverse the trial court's judgment and order the defendant discharged.

FACTS

On the morning of April 14, 1992, Angel Childers, a nine-year-old fourth grade...

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