Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Steven EARL, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2016-05-31
Citations: 490 S.W.3d 797
Docket Number: No. ED 102712
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Steven EARL, Appellant.
Judges: Before Sherri B. Sullivan, P.J., Kurt S. Odenwald, J., and Lisa P. Page, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 490
Pages: 797–798

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Steven EARL, Appellant.
No. ED 102712
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION FOUR.
FILED: May 31, 2016
Matthew Huckeby, 1010 Market St., Suite 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101, for appellant.
Chris Roster, P.O. Box 899, Rachel Flaster, Jefferson City, MO 65102, for respondent.
Before Sherri B. Sullivan, P.J., Kurt S. Odenwald, J., and Lisa P. Page, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Steven Earl ("Earl") appeals from the trial court's judgment, entered after a jury trial, convicting him of one count of first-degree child molestation and three counts of third-degree assault. The trial court sentenced Earl to fifteen years' imprisonment as a prior and persistent offender. On appeal, Earl first argues that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing five witnesses to testify about Victim's hearsay accounts of the alleged crime, and by admitting Victim's videotaped hearsay statements into evidence, under Section 491.075. Earl also argues that the trial court clearly erred by overruling his Bat-son objection during trial because the State's purported race-neutral reasons for striking an African-American juror'were pretext for racial discrimination.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find no error of law. 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 of the trial court is affirmed in accordance with Rule 30.25(b).