Opinion
WD 82559
05-19-2020
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Paulo Cesar MEJIA, Appellant.
William J. Swift, Columbia for appellant. Julia E. Rives, Jefferson City for respondent.
William J. Swift, Columbia for appellant.
Julia E. Rives, Jefferson City for respondent.
Before Division Two: Mark D. Pfeiffer, P.J., and Alok Ahuja and Gary D. Witt, JJ.
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Paulo Mejia was convicted by a jury on two counts of second-degree domestic assault under § 565.073, RSMo Cum. Supp. 2012, for attacking his ex-girlfriend in Columbia in September 2015. Mejia appeals. He argues that the circuit court erred in admitting evidence that he had assaulted the victim in a separate incident nine days before the offenses at issue here. He also argues that the circuit court erred by refusing to strike for cause a member of the jury venire who purportedly expressed partiality in favor of police officer testimony. We affirm. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, we have provided an unpublished memorandum to the parties which sets forth the reasons for this order. Rule 30.25(b).