State v. Ianniello

DOWD, Special Judge.

Defendant, Steven Ianniello, was convicted of assault in the first degree and second degree murder, §§ 565.050 and 565.004 RSMo 1978. He was sentenced to fifteen years for the assault and thirty years for the murder, both sentences to run concurrently. Defendant now appeals claiming the trial court erred in (1) failing to declare a mistrial because of improper influence on the jury, (2) refusing to instruct the jury on the law of duress, (3) permitting the jury to read a transcript of defendant’s statements, and (4) failing to declare a mistrial when a witness' statement…