State v. Corpier

GAITAN, Judge.

Defendant, Joey Ray Corpier, was convicted by a jury of second degree murder, in violation of Mo.Rev.Stat. § 565.021 (1986). Based on the jury’s recommendation, the trial court sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment. The defendant filed an appeal of conviction to this Court in February of 1988. Upon notice of the defendant’s filing of a Rule 29.15 motion, the Court suspended the appeal pending resolution of the motion. Defendant now reinstates his original appeal although he declines to appeal the motion court’s denial of the Rule 29.15 motion without an eviden-tiary…