State v. Brown

WELLIVER, Judge.

Appellant, Ronald Brown, was convicted of second degree murder in the shooting death of Rickey Perkins, and was sentenced to 55 years’ imprisonment under the Second Offender Act, § 556.280, RSMo 1969. Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction, alleging juror misconduct and alleging that the trial court erred in denying his motion to depose twelve witnesses at state expense. The case was transferred after opinion from the Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and we decide it as though on original appeal. Mo.Const. art. V, § 10. We affirm.

Shortly after midnight, in the early…