State v. Seeler

316 S.W.3d 920 (2010)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Ryan SEELER, Appellant.

No. SC 90583.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

July 16, 2010.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 2010.

Richard H. Sindel, Sindel, Sindel & Noble PC, Clayton, for Appellant.

Terrence M. Messonnier, Shaun T. Mackelprang, Jayne T. Woods, Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City, for the State.

MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Judge.

Introduction

This is a simple story, versions of which are repeated with depressing regularity. Ryan Seeler went to a baseball game, then to a restaurant in downtown St. Louis and then headed home on westbound…