Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Paul HAMM, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1998-01-27
Citations: 958 S.W.2d 607
Docket Number: No. WD 53617
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Paul HAMM, Appellant.
Judges: Before LOWENSTEIN, P.J., and BRECKENRIDGE and HANNA, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 958
Pages: 607–607

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Paul HAMM, Appellant.
No. WD 53617.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Jan. 27, 1998.
Susan L. Hogan, Appellate Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Christi A. Ingalsbe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before LOWENSTEIN, P.J., and BRECKENRIDGE and HANNA, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of first degree murder (§ 565.202, RSMo 1994), and armed criminal action (§ 571.015, RSMo 1994), and consecutive sentences of life imprisonment without probation or parole and 50 years, respectively. The defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for mistrial because the prosecuting attorney displayed the murder weapon, which had been admitted into evidence, to the jury. Affirmed. Rule 30.25(b), V.A.M.R.