State v. Whitfield

LIMBAUGH, Judge.

A jury convicted Joseph Whitfield of first degree murder and armed criminal action. After the jury deadlocked on punishment, the trial judge sentenced Whitfield to death on the murder charge and life in prison on the armed criminal action charge. The postcon-viction court overruled Whitfield’s Rule 29.15 motion. This Court has jurisdiction. Mo. Const, art. V, § 3. We affirm the conviction, sentence, and denial of postconviction relief.

I. FACTS

The evidence at trial, which we review in the light most favorable to the verdict, State v. Storey, 901 S.W.2d 886, 891 (Mo. banc 1995),…