Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Apr 16, 2019
State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Shaamar R. Steele, Appellant.
Shaamar R. Steele appealed his convictions for unlawful possession of a weapon, assault of law enforcement officers, resisting arrest, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He argued the trial court erred by excluding evidence regarding an officer's Taser certification and by overruling his Batson challenge to a peremptory strike. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, affirmed the judgment, finding no abuse of discretion in the evidence ruling and no clear error in the Batson ruling.