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402 S.W.3d 160

State v. Boyd

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 25, 2013

Missouri Court of Appeals · decided 2013-06-25

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera

Decided 2013-06-25

¶1 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2James Boyd (Defendant) appeals the judgment of conviction entered by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County after a jury found him guilty of second-degree assault *161and armed criminal action. Defendant claims the trial court plainly erred by: (1) allowing testimony that Defendant failed to provide an exculpatory statement to police after receiving warnings pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966); and (2) failing to declare a mistrial based on testimony related to Defendant’s post-Miranda silence.

¶3We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and no error of law appears. An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, prepared a memorandum opinion for the use of the parties only setting forth the reasons for our decision.

¶4We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).

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