Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Sep 20, 2022
State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Juan Madrigal, Jr., Appellant.
Juan Madrigal, Jr. appealed his jury convictions for first-degree domestic assault, second-degree domestic assault, and attempted victim tampering. He challenged the sufficiency of evidence for serious physical injury, an alleged instructional error regarding the definition of serious physical injury, and the admission of two pieces of prior bad act evidence. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, finding sufficient evidence of serious physical injury, no instructional error as the definition was provided in a separate instruction, and no abuse of discretion in admitting the prior bad act evidence.