Opinion
No. ED 78217
May 22, 2001
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, HONORABLE MELVYN W. WIESMAN.
Ellen H. Flottman, 3402 Buttonwood, Columbia, Missouri 65201, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Susan L. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102, for respondent.
Before Robert G. Dowd, P.J., Mary Rhodes Russell, J., and Richard B. Teitelman, J.
ORDER
Michael J. Ritter ("Appellant") appeals from convictions for murder in the first degree § 565.020, RSMo 1994, and armed criminal action § 571.015, RSMo 1994. Appellant raises two points on appeal. First, he argues that the trial court erred in overruling Appellant's motions for judgment of acquittal. Second, he argues that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence several autopsy photographs of the victim's body. We have reviewed the briefs and the record on appeal. The trial court's rulings were not erroneous. An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, provided the parties with a memorandum for their use only, which explains the reasons for this decision. The convictions are affirmed pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).