State v. Boyd

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Defendant, Stanley Boyd, appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty on one count of capital murder, § 565.001 RSMo 1978, and sentencing him to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for fifty years. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in: (1) finding that defendant was competent to stand trial; (2) denying defendant’s motion to prohibit the state from “death-qualifying” the jury; arid (3) permitting a witness to testify to his conclusion that defendant stabbed the victim. Finding each of these arguments without merit, we affirm.

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