Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Jul 6, 2021
State of Missouri vs. Theaun Romaine Hardridge
Theaun Hardridge appealed his convictions for assault, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, and resisting a lawful stop. Hardridge argued that the statute for unlawful use of a weapon was ambiguous, requiring the State to charge him under a subsection with a lesser penalty, and that the trial court plainly erred by admitting evidence of his bad conduct in jail during the sentencing hearing. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed the judgment, finding the statute unambiguous and that the admission of sentencing evidence was not plain error.