State v. Fincher

MARK D. PFEIFFER, Judge.

Kirk Fincher appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri (“trial court”), entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the first degree, § 565.020, RSMo 2000, and armed criminal action, § 571.015, RSMo 2000. The trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole on the murder count and twenty years imprisonment on the armed criminal action count, to be served concurrently. Fincher raises two issues on appeal, asserting that the trial court: (i) plainly erred in failing to declare a mistrial sua sponte after he claims…