State v. Hoover

PATRICIA L. COHEN, Judge.

Introduction

Ervell Hoover (Defendant) appeals from the judgment entered by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County upon his conviction by a jury of second degree murder and armed criminal action. The trial court sentenced Defendant to concurrent terms of ten years’ imprisonment for second degree murder and three years’ imprisonment for armed criminal action. We reverse and remand.

Statement of Facts and Proceedings Below

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. The facts in the light most favorable to the verdict are as…