Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Date unavailable
State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Alexis R. Irvin, Appellant.
Alexis Irvin appealed her convictions for second-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action (ACA), challenging the ACA conviction. She argued that because the ACA statute does not specify a mens rea, a "knowingly" mental state should be imputed to both the use of a deadly weapon and the underlying felony. The appellate court affirmed the circuit court's judgment, rejecting Irvin's argument and holding that controlling precedent establishes the "knowingly" mens rea for ACA applies only to the use of a dangerous weapon, not the underlying felony.