STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. LARRY DEAN PRESLEY

STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) ) vs. ) No. SD35590 ) LARRY DEAN PRESLEY, ) Filed: October 8, 2019 ) Defendant-Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GREENE COUNTY Honorable Thomas E. Mountjoy, Circuit Judge AFFIRMED Larry Dean Presley (“Defendant”) signed a Waiver of Trial by Jury. The judge who accepted the waiver of a jury trial subsequently recused. Defendant now complains that the second judge who tried the case failed to ascertain that Defendant’s waiver was knowing and voluntary. Defendant argues the waiver was supposed to be specifically for the first judge. We…