State v. McLaughlin

PATRICIA L. COHEN, Judge.

Introduction

Scott McLaughlin (“Defendant”) appeals from a judgment convicting him of second-degree burglary on the grounds that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion by allowing hearsay evidence to be admitted under the “forfeiture by wrongdoing” doctrine in violation of his rights under the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause; and (2) the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he “knowingly entered unlawfully” a building or inhabitable structure as required by Mo.Rev.Stat. § 569.170 (2000). We affirm.

Background

On October 23, 2003,…