State v. Eighinger

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Mark B. Eighinger appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of second degree murder of his step-daughter, sixteen year-old Courtney Waring. § 565.021. He alleges that the trial court erred in permitting the State to introduce evidence of his statement at the time of his confession that he desired to pay for his offense with his life, because it was inadmissible lay opinion evidence. He also argues that the trial court erred in failing to declare a mistrial after it sustained his objection to a question by the State which he believes erroneously implied that he…