State v. Ayers

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree murder, § 565.020.1, RSMo. Cum.Supp.1986, and sentenced to life imprisonment without probation or parole. He appeals; we affirm.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence; however, a recitation of the pertinent facts is necessary for an understanding of defendant’s points on appeal.

*557The victim, Glenn Farrell, was an elderly man who lived on Menard Street in St. Louis. On Monday, November 19, 1984, James Teague, a neighbor of the victim, went to his house to check on him because he had not been in church the…