DERIK CLAYTON OSBORN, Defendant- Missouri Cases

Derik Clayton Osborn appealed his convictions for two counts of second-degree felony-murder and one count of second-degree domestic assault, which resulted from the death of his girlfriend and her unborn child. Osborn claimed the trial court erred by admitting hearsay statements about his prior domestic abuse, violating his Confrontation Clause rights, and that there was insufficient evidence for the domestic assault charge. The appellate court affirmed the judgment, finding any error in admitting the hearsay statements was harmless in a bench trial and that sufficient evidence supported the domestic assault conviction.