Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Sep 17, 2024
State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Deion Anthony Whalen, Appellant.
Deion Whalen appealed his convictions for first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. He challenged the trial court's failure to declare a mistrial after gunfire struck the courthouse, the denial of his Batson challenge, an alleged misstatement of law during closing argument, and the admission of detective testimony on witness credibility. The appellate court affirmed the judgment, finding no plain error in the first two points and no abuse of discretion or error in the latter two.