STATE v. DUMAS (2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael Todd DUMAS, Appellant.

WD 83506

Decided: July 27, 2021

Before Division Four: Cynthia L. Martin, Chief Judge, Presiding, Gary D. Witt, Judge and Edward R. Ardini, Jr., Judge

Julia E. Rives, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent. Nancy A. McKerrow, Columbia, MO, for appellant.

ORDER

Michael Todd Dumas (“Dumas”) appeals from a judgment convicting him of murder in the second degree, assault in the third degree, and two counts of armed criminal action. Dumas asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting his handwritten notes on self-defense at trial. Finding no error, we affirm. Rule 30.25(b).

Per curiam:

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