State v. Shaw, 578 S.W.3d 823 (2019)

March 5, 2019 · Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION TWO · No. ED 106019
578 S.W.3d 823

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,
v.
Adrian SHAW, Appellant.

No. ED 106019

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION TWO.

Filed: March 5, 2019

FOR APPELLANT: Kevin B. Gau, Missouri Public Defender's Office, 1010 Market Street, Suite 1100, St. Louis, Missouri 63101.

FOR RESPONDENT: Dora A. Fichter, Assistant Attorney General, PO Box 899, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102.

Before Philip M. Hess, P.J., Robert G. Dowd, Jr., J. and Mary K. Hoff, J.

ORDER

PER CURIAM

Adrian Darcy Shaw ("Defendant") was convicted by jury of statutory sodomy in the first degree. The trial court conducted a hearing, prior to trial, outside the presence of the jury to determine the admissibility of out-of-court statements by a child declarant regarding the alleged sexual offenses. In his sole point on appeal, Defendant alleges the trial court erred in allowing four witnesses to testify at trial to out-of-court statements by the alleged child victim because the time, content and circumstances of the statements did not provide sufficient indicia of reliability as required by statute. We find no error and affirm.

*824An extended opinion would have no jurisprudential purpose. We have, however, provided the parties a memorandum setting forth the reasons for our decision. We affirm the judgment of the trial court pursuant to Rule 30.25(b) Mo.R.Crim. P. (2019).