Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. James MEADORS, Defendant/Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2014-06-10
Citations: 440 S.W.3d 541
Docket Number: No. ED 99743
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. James MEADORS, Defendant/Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 440
Pages: 541–541

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. James MEADORS, Defendant/Appellant.
No. ED 99743.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.
June 10, 2014.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied Aug. 7, 2014.
Application for Transfer Denied Sept. 30, 2014.
Andrew C. Hooper, Jefferson City, MO, for Plaintiff/Respondent.
Srikant Chigurupati, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant/Appellant.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
James Meadors (Appellant) appeals from the trial court's judgment after a bench trial convicting him as a prior and persistent offender of attempted stealing by deceit and forgery and sentencing him to seven years on each count to run concurrently. We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and conclude that the trial court did not err or abuse its discretion in denying Appellant's motion for acquittal of the forgery charge and his request to represent himself at trial. An extended opinion would have no precedential value.. We have, however, provided a memorandum setting forth the reasons for our decision to the parties for their use only. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Missouri Rule of Criminal Procedure 30.25(b).