State v. Edwards

ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., Judge.

Jerimiah Edwards (Defendant) appeals from the judgment upon his convictions by a jury for second-degree murder, Section 565.021, RSMo 2000, 1 and armed criminal action, Section 571.015, for which he was sentenced to concurrent terms of twenty-five and five years’ imprisonment, respectively. On appeal, Defendant argues the trial court erred and abused its discretion in (1) overruling defense counsel’s offer of proof and excluding testimony regarding Missouri’s sentencing guidelines, and (2) refusing Defendant’s Instruction A. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with…