Legal Opinion
State v. Merrill
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 23, 1999No. WD 54415PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIS, Judge.
Marcus Merrill appeals his March 24, 1997 conviction of two counts of first degree murder, § 565.020.2 and two counts of armed criminal action, § 571.015.1. 1 On May 9, 1997, Merrill was sentenced as a prior offender and a persistent offender pursuant to § 558.016 to consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of probation or parole for the two counts of murder and consecutive life sentences for the two counts of armed criminal action.
On February 6, 1996, four year old Kayla Bryant was eating her lunch and watching television in her living room. Kayla noticed…
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