State v. Ford

RENDLEN, Judge.

Michael Ford, convicted of capital murder by a jury in the City of St. Louis and sentenced to life imprisonment, appeals contending (1) his videotaped confession should not have been shown to the jury because it *473was not made voluntarily, and (2) color photographs of the victim’s body should not have been admitted in evidence because they inflamed rather than informed the jury. Capital murder is punishable by life imprisonment or death, §§ 565.001 and .008, RSMo Supp.1977, and thus appellate jurisdiction lies in this Court under the Missouri Constitution, art. V,1 § 3 (1970). We…