State v. Gilmore

BRECKENRIDGE, Chief Judge.

Keith Gilmore appeals from his convictions of murder in the second degree, § 565.021, 1 and armed criminal action, § 571.015. The trial court sentenced Mr. Gilmore to thirty years imprisonment for second degree murder and twenty-four years for armed criminal action. The trial court ordered the sentences served concurrently. On appeal, Mr. Gilmore argues that the trial court erred in (1) permitting the State to improperly argue that the jury impose the maximum sentence for the first time in its rebuttal closing argument; and (2) overruling his motion in limine and…