Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael COTTON, Defendant/Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1998-04-21
Citations: 964 S.W.2d 890
Docket Number: No. 72013
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael COTTON, Defendant/Appellant.
Judges: Before CRANE, P.J., and RHODES RUSSELL and JAMES R. DOWD, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 964
Pages: 890–891

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael COTTON, Defendant/Appellant.
No. 72013.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.
April 21, 1998.
Susan K. Eekles, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.
John Munson Morris, III, Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before CRANE, P.J., and RHODES RUSSELL and JAMES R. DOWD, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Defendant appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder, in violation of section 565.020 RSMo 1994, on which he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and of armed criminal action, in violation of section 571.015 RSMo 1994, on which he was sentenced to a concurrent term of life imprisonment.
No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion reciting the detailed facts and restating the principles of law. However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum opinion for their information only, setting forth the facts and reasons for this order.
We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).