State of Missouri v. Tyrone Benedict

ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., Judge

Tyrone Benedict (“Defendant”) appeals from the judgment entered after a jury trial on his convictions for murder in the first degree and arson in the first degree. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence at trial is not challenged on appeal. Viewed favorably to the verdicts, the evidence established the following. The victim was forty-year old Mark Woods (“Victim”). He was paralyzed when he was twenty years old after a car accident. Victim had limited use of one arm, could not use either of his hands or legs and was confined to a wheelchair, which he operated with…