Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James J. HENDERSON, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2006-11-14
Citations: 205 S.W.3d 325
Docket Number: No. WD 66139
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James J. HENDERSON, Appellant.
Judges: Before LOWENSTEIN, P.J., SPINDEN and NEWTON, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 205
Pages: 325–325

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James J. HENDERSON, Appellant.
No. WD 66139.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Nov. 14, 2006.
Rebecca L. Kurz, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.
Shaun J. Mackelprang, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before LOWENSTEIN, P.J., SPINDEN and NEWTON, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, James Henderson, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and armed criminal action and was sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment without parole and thirty years.
On appeal, Appellant argues that the trial court violated his constitutional rights to the assistance of counsel. Appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion by (a) not inquiring as to the extent of the breakdown in communications between Appellant and appointed counsel and (b) not granting a continuance in order to permit Appellant to substitute appointed counsel with a private attorney his family had retained the weekend before the special trial setting. The judgment is affirmed. Rule 30.25(b).