Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joseph L. WALKUP, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2004-05-18
Citations: 140 S.W.3d 128
Docket Number: No. ED 83189
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joseph L. WALKUP, Appellant.
Judges: Before GARY M. GAERTNER, SR., P.J., ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., J., and MARY R. RUSSELL, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 140
Pages: 128–129

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joseph L. WALKUP, Appellant.
No. ED 83189.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
May 18, 2004.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied July 8, 2004.
Application for Transfer Denied Aug. 24, 2004.
Gary H. Sokolik, Perry, MO, for appellant.
Andrea Kaye Spillars, Leslie E. McNamara, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before GARY M. GAERTNER, SR., P.J., ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., J., and MARY R. RUSSELL, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Joseph L. Walkup ("Defendant") appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict convicting him of unlawful use of a weapon in violation of RSMo 571.030(1) 2000. He asserts two points of error on appeal. First, Defendant alleges that the trial court erred in allowing improper testimony regarding his failure to make exculpatory statements, thereby violating his constitutional rights. His second point argues that the state failed to disprove the traveler's exemption to the unlawful use of a weapon charge. We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find that Defendant's points are without merit.
A written opinion reciting the facts and restating the law would have no prece-dential value. Therefore, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum which sets forth the facts and reasons for our decision for their information only.
The judgment entered on the jury verdict is affirmed pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).