Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. John METHFESSEL, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1999-12-07
Citations: 8 S.W.3d 221
Docket Number: No. ED 75707
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. John METHFESSEL, Appellant.
Judges: Before CRANE, P.J., ROBERT G. DOWD, Jr., J. and SULLIVAN, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 8
Pages: 221–221

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. John METHFESSEL, Appellant.
No. ED 75707.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.
Dec. 7, 1999.
David L. Simpson, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Kristin L. Frazier, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before CRANE, P.J., ROBERT G. DOWD, Jr., J. and SULLIVAN, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
John Methfessel ("Appellant") appeals from a judgment entered upon his conviction of Escape from Confinement in violation of Section 575.210 RSMo (1994) following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of St. Francois County. On appeal, Appellant argues that the trial court plainly erred and abused its discretion (1) by failing to appoint a different attorney to represent Appellant, (2) in admitting evidence of the knife allegedly found near Appellant and (3) in denying Appellant a new trial after he said that jury members saw him in shackles.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and conclude the trial court's actions do not constitute plain error under Rule 30.20. An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, provided a memorandum opinion for the use of the parties only setting forth the reasons for our decision. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).