State of Missouri v. Christopher B. Buechting

In the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District DIVISION TWO STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ED108511 ) Respondent, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court ) of Jefferson County ) 17JE-CR00250-01 v. ) ) Honorable Victor J. Melenbrink CHRISTOPHER B. BUECHTING, ) ) Filed: July 27, 2021 Appellant. ) Christopher B. Buechting (Appellant) appeals from the trial court’s judgment, following a jury trial, convicting him of second-degree murder, in violation of Section 565.021, RSMo 2016. 1 He was sentenced to twenty-eight years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. We affirm. BACKGROUND In September 2019,…