State v. James

JEFFREY W. BATES, Judge.

In 2004, Stephen James (Defendant) was charged by information with murder in the first degree and armed criminal action for killing Michael McCurdy (Victim) by shooting him four times. See §§ 565.021, 571.015. 1 Following a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of the lesser-included offense of murder in the second degree and armed criminal action, for which he was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment for 30 and 10 years, respectively.

On appeal, Defendant presents three points. He contends that the trial court erred in: (1) overruling his motion to suppress…