Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Patrick SMITH, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1986-01-14
Citations: 705 S.W.2d 584
Docket Number: No. 49719
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Patrick SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: KELLY, P.J., and KAROHL, J., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 705
Pages: 584–584

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Patrick SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 49719.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Six.
Jan. 14, 1986.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied Feb. 18, 1986.
Application to Transfer Denied March 25, 1986.
Debra Buie Arnold, Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.
John Munson Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CLEMENS, Senior Judge.
Convicted defendant challenges only the denial of his motion to strike a venireman who had vaguely answered defendant's verbose, complex question concerning presumption of innocence. Before and after this the venireman had declared he presumed defendant was innocent.
The ruling was within the trial court's discretion; no error of law appears and a full opinion would have no precedential value.
Affirmed in accordance with Rule 30.-25(b).
KELLY, P.J., and KAROHL, J., concur.