Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Leonard Albert VEGA, Appellant.
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2018-02-27
Citations: 540 S.W.3d 510
Docket Number: WD 80413
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent,
v.
Leonard Albert VEGA, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 540
Pages: 510–510

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent,
v.
Leonard Albert VEGA, Appellant.
WD 80413
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
ORDER FILED: February 27, 2018
Joshua D. Hawley, Attorney General, and Robert J. (Jeff) Bartholomew, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, Attorneys for Respondent.
Irene Karns, Special Public Defender, Columbia, MO, Attorney for Appellant.
Before Division One: Thomas H. Newton, Presiding Judge, and Victor C. Howard and Karen King Mitchell, Judges
Order

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
Leonard Vega appeals, following a jury trial, his conviction for first-degree drug trafficking under § 195.222, for which he was sentenced as a prior offender to fourteen years' imprisonment. Vega raises one claim on appeal; he argues that the trial court erred in admitting evidence that he assaulted and threatened a witness in his case because, he claims, this evidence constituted improper propensity evidence and violated his right to be tried for only the crime charged. Finding no error, we affirm. Rule 30.25(b).