Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. John Edward TYLER, Defendant/Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2002-06-04
Citations: 80 S.W.3d 481
Docket Number: No. ED 79421
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. John Edward TYLER, Defendant/Appellant.
Judges: Before GEORGE W. DRAPER III, P.J. and MARY R. RUSSELL, J. and MARY K. HOFF, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 80
Pages: 481–481

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. John Edward TYLER, Defendant/Appellant.
No. ED 79421.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.
June 4, 2002.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied July 23, 2002.
Michael Gross, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Evan J. Buchheim, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before GEORGE W. DRAPER III, P.J. and MARY R. RUSSELL, J. and MARY K. HOFF, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
John Edward Tyler (Defendant) appeals from the trial court's judgment and sentence imposed after a jury found Defendant guilty of first degree statutory rape in violation of Section 566.032 RSMo 1994. Defendant was also charged with felony sexual conduct with a minor by indecent exposure in violation of Section 566.083 RSMo Cum.Supp.1998, a charge for which he was acquitted. The trial court sentenced Defendant to fifteen years imprisonment for first degree statutory rape.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties, the legal file, and the record on appeal, and find the claims of error to be without merit. No error of law appears. An extended opinion would serve no jurisprudential purpose. The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only setting forth the reasons for our decision. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).