State of Missouri v. Charles C. Shaw III

Summary

The Court affirmed Shaw’s felony resisting-arrest conviction, holding that the State had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Shaw resisted an arrest because of or on account of an offense, while the court could determine as a matter of law whether that offense was a felony. The statute did not require proof that the arresting officer subjectively intended to make a felony arrest. The Court concluded that testimony that Shaw was arrested for attempting to assault the arresting officer, together with the statutory classification of that offense as a felony, was sufficient. No separate opinion is included in the record provided.