Supreme Court of Missouri / Mar 8, 2021
State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Christopher L. Lehman, Appellant.
Christopher Lehman appealed his conviction for the class E felony of loitering within 500 feet of a public park, arguing insufficient evidence and constitutional invalidity of the statute. The Missouri Supreme Court reversed his conviction and entered a judgment of acquittal. The Court found the State failed to present sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Lehman was knowingly within 500 feet of a public park, as the police report and surveillance videos did not provide objective information about the distance.