State v. Ferguson

LIMBAUGH, Judge.

A jury convicted Jeffrey Ferguson of first degree murder for his complicity in the death of Kelli Hall. The trial court, abiding the jury’s recommendation, imposed the death sentence. Ferguson filed a motion for post-conviction relief under Rule 29.15, which was heard and overruled. This Court has jurisdiction of the appeal. Mo. Const, art. V, § 3. The conviction is reversed and remanded for a new trial.

Ferguson contends that the trial court committed reversible error in submitting a verdict director allowing the jury to find him guilty without finding that he deliberated as…