Opinion
WD 58809
August 14, 2001 Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied October 2, 2001. Application for Transfer Denied November 20, 2001.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI HONORABLE SANFORD F. CONLEY, IV, JUDGE.
Irene C. Karnes, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for Appellant
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Susan K. Glass, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent
Before: Lowenstein, P.J., Ulrich, J., and Hanna, Sr. J.
ORDER
The appellant, Mark Santas, was charged as a persistent misdemeanor offender with one count of second-degree (felony) murder, § 565.021, RSMo 2000, based upon the class D felony of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, § 568.045. The appellant was found guilty by jury and sentenced to a term of fifteen years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Judgment affirmed. Rule 30.25(b).
All statutory references are to RSMo 2000 unless indicated otherwise.