Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. Michael BUTLER, Defendant/Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1996-07-23
Citations: 925 S.W.2d 506
Docket Number: No. 68654
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. Michael BUTLER, Defendant/Appellant.
Judges: Before REINHARD, P.J., and KAROHL and GRIMM, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 925
Pages: 506–507

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. Michael BUTLER, Defendant/Appellant.
No. 68654.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
July 23, 1996.
Deborah B. Wafer, Dist. Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Jill C. LaHue, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before REINHARD, P.J., and KAROHL and GRIMM, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The State charged defendant with first degree murder, § 565.020.1, RSMo 1994, and first degree burglary, § 569.160. A jury found him guilty of second degree murder, § 565.021, and first degree burglary. Pursuant to the jury's verdicts, the trial court sentenced him to concurrent terms of life and fifteen years.
On appeal, defendant alleges the trial court erred when it refused to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter.
No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion. However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum opinion for their information only, setting forth the facts and reasons for this order.
The judgment is affirmed pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).