State v. Salazar

PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

Following jury trial, Defendant Michael Anthony Salazar, Jr. was convicted of two counts of murder in the first degree. Section 565.020.2, RSMo 1994. He was sentenced on both counts to life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole. Defendant appeals both convictions.

Defendant claims error by the trial court in overruling his motions for judgment of acquittal, in accepting the verdicts of guilty, and in sentencing him on both counts. He contends that the State’s evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s finding of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt…