STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. DAMIEN T. BRYAN

Damien T. Bryan (“Appellant”) was convicted after a jury trial of two counts of second-degree murder and one count of felony driving while intoxicated as a result of a multi-vehicle accident. Appellant brings two claims of error: (1) that the trial court did not have jurisdiction because “none of the counts of the ‘first substituted indictment’ were designated as ‘[a] true bill’ and were not signed by the grandjury foreman”; and (2) that the trial court erred in denying Appellant’s motions for judgment of acquittal because the State’s evidence was legally insufficient in that, while he may…