State v. Bridges

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of first degree murder, first degree robbery and armed criminal action and the resultant three consecutive life sentences, the first without possibility of probation or parole. He also appeals from the denial of his post-conviction motion pursuant to Rule 29.15. We affirm.

The victim, Jeanine Balsamo, had eaten dinner with several friends at Talayna’s in the City of St. Louis. She and one of her friends, Kathy Sherron, were riding together in the victim’s ear, so they left the others to enter the Balsamo vehicle parked on a…