State v. Smith

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury conviction for second degree murder and armed criminal action, §§ 565.021.1 and 571.015, RSMo 1986, for which appellant, Edith Lynn Smith, was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of twenty-five and fifteen years, respectively. Appellant raises seven points on appeal. She claims error in that the trial court: (1) refused to permit her to waive a jury trial; (2) allowed the State to file a request for a second psychiatric examination out of time; (3) admitted into evidence photographs of the victim’s body; (4) admitted…