State v. Massey

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

Defendant, Jimmy Massey, was found guilty by a jury of first degree murder and armed criminal action and sentenced by the court to life imprisonment without parole and a concurrent term of thirty years. He also filed a post-conviction Rule 29.15 motion which was denied by the trial court. We have consolidated his appeals from both judgments. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The evidence at trial was that at approximately 4:00 p.m. on May 17, 1989, Howard Meeks was shot to death on Cook Avenue in the City of St. Louis. The State’s case against the defendant rested…