State v. Harris

ROBERTSON, Judge.

A jury convicted George Harris of murder in the first degree and armed criminal action and recommended that Harris be sentenced to death. The trial court overruled his Rule 29.15 motion. This direct appeal followed. We have jurisdiction. Mo. Const. Art. V, § 3. Affirmed.

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We review the facts in the light most favorable to the verdict. State v. Guinan, 665 S.W.2d 325, 327 (Mo. banc 1984).

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