Opinion
No. ED 78624
August 28, 2001 Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied October 4, 2001. Application for Transfer Denied November 20, 2001.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. LOUIS CITY, HON. JULIAN BUSH.
Stacey F. Sullivan, Assistant Public Defender, 1221 Locust, Suite 350, St. Louis, MO, 63103, for Appellant
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Karen L. Kramer, Asst. Atty. Gen., P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO, 65102, for Respondent
Before Sherri B. Sullivan, P.J., Lawrence G. Crahan, J., and Lawrence E. Mooney, J.
ORDER
Brian Weiss (Defendant) appeals from a judgment of conviction of voluntary manslaughter, armed criminal actions, and first degree assault. Defendant alleges trial court error in refusing to instruct the jury on self-defense. We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and conclude that the trial court did not err in refusing to instruct the jury on self-defense because submission of a self-defense instruction was not supported by the evidence when viewed in a light most favorable to Defendant. State v. Crawford, 904 S.W.2d 402, 405 (Mo.App.E.D. 1995). An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, provided a memorandum opinion setting forth the reasons for our decision to the parties for their use only. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Missouri Rule of Criminal Procedure 30.25(b).