Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Keith COSTELLO, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2012-12-11
Citations: 386 S.W.3d 918
Docket Number: No. ED 96639
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Keith COSTELLO, Appellant.
Judges: Before LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, P.J., PATRICIA L. COHEN, J., and KURT S. ODENWALD, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 386
Pages: 918–919

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Keith COSTELLO, Appellant.
No. ED 96639.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.
Dec. 11, 2012.
Emmett D. Queener, Assistant Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for appellant.
Jennifer A. Wideman, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, P.J., PATRICIA L. COHEN, J., and KURT S. ODENWALD, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Keith Costello (Defendant) appeals the judgment of conviction entered by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. Defendant claims the trial court erred in: (1) submitting the State's proposed instruction on first-degree murder; (2) denying Defendant's motion for a mistrial based on comments the prosecutor made during voir dire; and (3) denying Defendant's motion for a mistrial based on comments the prosecutor made during closing argument.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and no error of law appears. An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, prepared a memorandum opinion for the use of the parties only-setting forth the reasons for our decision.
We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).