State of Missouri v. David M. Barnett

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc STATE OF MISSOURI, ) Opinion issued April 14, 2020 ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) No. SC98268 ) DAVID M. BARNETT, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY The Honorable Joseph L. Walsh, III Judge David M. Barnett (hereinafter, “Barnett”) appeals from the circuit court’s judgment sentencing him to two terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole pursuant to section 565.020 1 for the first-degree murders of his grandparents. Barnett argues the circuit court erred in overruling his motion to declare section 565.020…