Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. WD 60484 Attorney(S) Jeannie Willibey, Assistant Appellate Defender, Kansas City, MO, for Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Stephanie Morrell, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent, v. JAMES L. PETERSON, Appellant. Order PER CURIAM. After a jury convicted Appellant, James L. Peterson, of murder in the second degree and armed criminal action, he was sentenced as a prior offender to consecutive terms of life imprisonment and thirty years for the convictions. On appeal, he alleges that the trial court: (1) erred in admitting hearsay testimony, (2) abused its discretion in admitting evidence of a prior uncharged crime or bad act, and (3) plainly erred in not declaring a mistrial, sua sponte, when the State referred to matters outside of the presented evidence in its closing argument. Affirmed. Rule 30.25(b).