State v. Neal

DON E. BURRELL, Presiding Judge.

Neldon H. Neal (“Defendant”) appeals his conviction of involuntary manslaughter in the first degree for the shooting death of Judy Lewis (“Victim”). See section 565.024. 1 In a prior trial, a jury acquitted Defendant of second-degree murder, but found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. We subsequently reversed Defendant’s voluntary manslaughter conviction and its accompanying life sentence in State v. Neal, 304 S.W.3d 749, 750 (Mo.App. S.D.2010) (Neal I).

As none of the complaints Defendant asserts in the instant appeal were presented to the trial court, he…