State v. Jordan

KAROHL, Judge.

Defendant, Louis Jordan, appeals after a verdict and a sentence to serve six years as a prior and persistent offender on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon. Section 571.030 RSMo Cum.Supp.1997. We granted leave to file a late appeal. The state charged Defendant with flourishing a handgun in an angry or threatening manner at his ex-girlfriend. Defendant claims that the trial court erred in: (1) overruling his motion in limine to exclude (a) evidence of uncharged crimes, and prior bad acts, and (b) a 911 tape; (2) sustaining the state’s motion to exclude the testimony of a…