State v. Costa

ALBERT A. RIEDERER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Bernardo 0. Costa appeals from his conviction for statutory rape, Section 566.032. 1 Appellant was sentenced as a persistent sexual offender, Section 558.018, to life imprisonment. Appellant asserts three points of error: (1) That the trial court erred and abused its discretion by failing to declare a mistrial during voir dire because of a remark made by the State to the venire panel; (2) That the trial court erred and abused its discretion in not declaring a mistrial when Melissa Welpman testified that Appellant has hit his wife; and (3) That the…