State v. Ayers

PREWITT, Judge.

Following trial by jury, Appellant, charged as a prior and persistent offender, was convicted of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Appellant was sentenced to life without probation or parole for the murder conviction, with a concurrent thirty-years’ imprisonment sentence for the armed criminal action conviction. He appeals those convictions. Appellant also filed a Rule 29.15 motion, seeking to vacate, set aside or correct the judgment and sentence. Following an evidentiary hearing, the motion was denied, and Appellant also appeals that ruling. The appeals are…