State v. Silas

HANNA, Judge.

The defendant, Michael A. Silas, appeals his conviction by a jury of murder in the first degree, § 565.020.1, RSMo 1986, and armed criminal action, § 571.015.1, RSMo 1986. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without probation or parole on the first degree murder charge, and a concurrent term of twenty years imprisonment on the aimed criminal action charge. The defendant also appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. Pursuant to Rule 29.15(i), the appeals have been consolidated.

The evidence, viewed in the light most…