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State v. PerkinsState v. Perkins

Missouri Court of Appeals
Apr 18, 2000
No. ED 76293
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Ahrens

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Kelvin Perkins (“Defendant”) appeals a judgment on a jury verdict from the Circuit Court of St. Charles County ‍​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‍finding him guilty of one count of the unlawful use of a weapon, section 577.030.1(3) RSMo 1994. Defendant was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to ten years’ imprisonment. Defendant asserts the trial court erred ‍​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‍in refusing to grant a mistrial after a state’s witness testified at trial as to a prior bad act committed by defendant. Defendant also asserts the trial court erred by granting him credit toward his ten-year ‍​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‍sentence for his incarceration while awaiting trial as such a grant is impermissible and will ultimately lead to a greater sentence than the court intended to impose.

We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the ‍​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‍record on appeal and find no error of law. No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion. However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum opinion for their information only, setting forth the ‍​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‍facts and reasons for this order.

The. judgment of the trial court is affirmed in accordance with Rule 30.25(b).

Case Details

Case Name: State v. Perkins
Court Name: Missouri Court of Appeals
Date Published: Apr 18, 2000
Citations: 16 S.W.3d 721; 2000 Mo. App. LEXIS 527; 2000 WL 387078; No. ED 76293
Docket Number: No. ED 76293
Court Abbreviation: Mo. Ct. App.
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