Opinion
WD 80881
07-23-2019
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Howard K. CHASE, IV, Appellant.
Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General, and Evan J. Buchheim, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, Attorneys for Respondent. Damien de Loyola, District Defender, Kansas City, MO, Attorney for Appellant.
Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General, and Evan J. Buchheim, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, Attorneys for Respondent.
Damien de Loyola, District Defender, Kansas City, MO, Attorney for Appellant.
Before Division Two: Thomas H. Newton, Presiding Judge, and Mark D. Pfeiffer and Cynthia L. Martin, Judges
Order
Per Curiam:
Mr. Howard Chase, IV, appeals his convictions, following a trial by jury before the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, of felony murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of armed criminal action, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment on both the murder count and its associated count of armed criminal action and to fifteen years on both the unlawful use of a weapon count and its associated count of armed criminal action, the sentences to run concurrently. On appeal, Mr. Chase challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and claims both instructional and closing argument error. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, a memorandum of law explaining our ruling has instead been provided to the parties. We affirm. Rule 30.25(b).