State v. Short

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Clarence Steven Short III, appeals from the judgment entered by the trial court on a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the second degree, in violation of section 565.021 RSMo (2000), and endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, in violation of section 568.045 RSMo (2000). The trial court sentenced defendant to fifteen years imprisonment on the murder count and four years imprisonment on the endangerment count, to be served consecutively. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct…