State v. McNeal

SMART, Judge.

John W. McNeal appeals his conviction, after jury trial, for two counts of murder in the first degree, § 565.020, RSMo 19941, one count of murder in the second degree, § 561.021, and three counts of armed criminal action, § 571.015, for which he was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment without probation or parole, two terms of life imprisonment, and two terms of thirty years imprisonment. McNeal also appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, following an evidentiary hearing. In his direct appeal, McNeal contends that the trial court erred in…