State v. Cotton
State v. Cotton
Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Patrick Cotton (“Appellant”) appeals from the judgment of his conviction by a jury of committing violence against an employee of the Department of Corrections, a class B felony, in violation of Section 217.385.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal. First, we find Appellant failed to show any bad faith on the part of the State. Accordingly we do not find the trial court abused its discretion in overruling the motion to dismiss. Second, our review of the entire voir dire examinations supports the trial court’s ruling the Ledbetter’s answers indicated she had the ability to evaluate all testimony by the same standard and to accord both sides a fair trial. We do not find a clear abuse of discretion in finding that Ledbet-ter was qualified to serve as a juror. An extended opinion would have no jurisprudential purpose. We have, however, provided a memorandum setting forth the reasons for our decision to the parties for their use only. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b) Mo. R.Crim. P.(2012).
. All statutory references are to RSMo (2000), unless otherwise indicated.
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