State v. Nunnery

JAMES K. PREWITT, Judge.

Following a bench trial, Ronald Joe Nunnery (“Appellant”) was convicted of first degree murder (§ 565.020.1, RSMo 2000) and armed criminal action (§ 571.015, RSMo 2000) for the shooting death of his wife, Marcia Nunnery. Appellant waived his right to a trial by jury in exchange for the State’s agreement not to seek the death penalty. On the charge of murder in the first degree, the trial court found that Appellant had acted with deliberation and sentenced Appellant to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Under the charge of armed criminal action,…