STATE v. STEPHAN (2019)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. William Alfred STEPHAN, Appellant.

WD 81428

Decided: December 24, 2019

Before Division Three: Alok Ahuja, P.J., and Gary D. Witt and Anthony Rex Gabbert, JJ.

Jedd C. Schneider, Columbia, for appellant. Karen L. Kramer, Jefferson City for respondent.

ORDER

Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, William Stephan was convicted of four counts of first-degree child molestation. He was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment on each count. Stephan appeals. He argues that the circuit court erred by admitting expert testimony which vouched for the victim’s credibility. He also challenges the admission of evidence of his prior conviction for first-degree child molestation as propensity evidence under Article I, § 18(c) of the Missouri Constitution. 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 Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, we have provided an unpublished memorandum to the parties which sets forth the reasons for this order.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).

PER CURIAM:

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