State v. Banks

CROW, Judge.

A jury found Appellant guilty of murder in the first degree, § 565.020, RSMo Cum.Supp. 1992, and assessed punishment at imprisonment for life without eligibility for probation or parole. The trial court entered judgment per the verdict.

Appellant brings this appeal, averring the trial court erred in (1) overruling Appellant’s objection to a comment by the prosecutor during final argument, (2) receiving in evidence, over Appellant’s objection, incriminatory statements by Appellant to an investigator, and (3) allowing the State to endorse a witness five days before trial.

The victim…