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STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Bailey TRENT-KETTELKAMP, Appellant.
    WD 80815
    Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
    Order filed: December 18, 2018
    Richard A. Starnes, Jefferson City, for Respondent.
    Samuel E. Buffaloe, for Appellant.
    Before Division Four: Karen King Mitchell, Chief Judge, Victor C. Howard, Judge and Lisa White Hardwick, Judge
    ORDER
   PER CURIAM:

Bailey Trent-Kettelkamp appeals his convictions following a jury trial for second-degree (felony) murder, section 565.021, RSMo 2016, and committing violence against an offender in the Department of Corrections, section 217.385, RSMo 2016, and concurrent sentences as a prior and persistent offender of twenty-five years and ten years imprisonment, respectively. He contends that the trial court erred in (1) overruling his Batson challenge to the prosecutor's peremptory strike of a venireperson and (2) overruling his motion to dismiss the felony murder charge under the merger doctrine. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, a memorandum has been provided to the parties. The judgment of convictions is affirmed. Rule 30.25(b).