State v. Jackson

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Judge.

Jerel T. Jackson appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting him of two counts of murder in the second degree, three counts of armed criminal action, and one count of first-degree assault after a trial by jury. At the commencement of Jackson’s trial, the circuit court found Jackson to be a prior and persistent offender pursuant to section 558.016.1 After the jury’s guilty verdict, the court sentenced Jackson to twenty-two years for each murder count, twenty-two years for the first-degree assault count, and three years for each count of armed criminal action, all…