State v. Williams
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. John L. WILLIAMS, Appellant
Attorneys
Rosalynn Koch, Columbia, MO, for appellant., Shaun J. Mackelprang and Karen L. Kramer, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
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ORDER
John Williams appeals a judgment following a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree assault and armed criminal action. On appeal, Williams claims that the trial court abused its discretion in permitting Jody Nowels to testify as a late endorsed witness for the State because the defense was unfairly surprised by Now-els’s testimony. Williams also claims that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing Officer David Lanigan to testify that the statements made to him by four children .helped him to identify suspects, including Williams, because this testimony constituted inadmissible testimonial hearsay, which violated Williams’s rights under the Confrontation Clause. We affirm. Rule 30.25(b). •