Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joshua Thomas WHENHAM, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2016-08-30
Citations: 498 S.W.3d 520
Docket Number: WD 78787
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joshua Thomas WHENHAM, Appellant.
Judges: Before Division Two: Karen King Mitchell, Presiding Judge, Cynthia L. Martin, Judge and Gary D. Witt, Judge
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 498
Pages: 520–520

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joshua Thomas WHENHAM, Appellant.
WD 78787
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
ORDER FILED: August 30, 2016
Christine K. Lesicko, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
David A. Kelly, Lee’s Summit, MO, for appellant.
Before Division Two: Karen King Mitchell, Presiding Judge, Cynthia L. Martin, Judge and Gary D. Witt, Judge

Opinion:
ORDER
Per curiam:
Appellant, Joshua Whenham ("When-ham") appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, by the Circuit Court of Cass County, Missouri on four counts of the class D felony of sexual misconduct involving a child less than 15 years of age. Whenham raises two points of error on appeal. First, he argues that the court erred in overruling his Batson challenge to the State's final juror peremptory strike. Second, he argues that the court erred in overruling Whenham's motion for judgment of acquittal because there was insufficient evidence to prove that he committed the offense of sexual misconduct. We affirm. A memorandum setting forth the reasons for this order has been provided to the parties. Rule 30.25(b).