STATE v. SHELTON

No. SD 31058.

363 S.W.3d 183 (2012)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Matthew Calhoun SHELTON, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing and Transfer Denied March 16, 2012.

Application for Transfer Denied May 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Johnston , Columbia, for Appellant.

Chris Koster , Atty. Gen. and Laura E. Elsbury , Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for Respondent.


DANIEL E. SCOTT, Judge.

Matthew Shelton appeals his convictions for second-degree domestic assault, a felony,1 and the misdemeanor of resisting lawful detention. We consider here only his second point, couched as an insufficiency-of-evidence claim as to the felony, but which turns on statutory interpretation.2

Shelton's Arguments re § 565.073.1(1) Assaults

Shelton used his fists to beat...

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