STATE v. MEJIA (2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Paulo Cesar MEJIA, Appellant.

WD 82559

Decided: May 19, 2020

Before Division Two: Mark D. Pfeiffer, P.J., and Alok Ahuja and Gary D. Witt, JJ.

William J. Swift, Columbia for appellant. Julia E. Rives, Jefferson City for respondent.

ORDER

Paulo Mejia was convicted by a jury on two counts of second-degree domestic assault under § 565.073, RSMo Cum. Supp. 2012, for attacking his ex-girlfriend in Columbia in September 2015. Mejia appeals. He argues that the circuit court erred in admitting evidence that he had assaulted the victim in a separate incident nine days before the offenses at issue here. He also argues that the circuit court erred by refusing to strike for cause a member of the jury venire who purportedly expressed partiality in favor of police officer testimony. 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 Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, we have provided an unpublished memorandum to the parties which sets forth the reasons for this order.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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