State v. Franks

SNYDER, Presiding Judge.,

A jury found Angela Franks guilty of conspiracy to commit capital murder in violation of § 564.016 RSMo.1978. She appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of St. Louis County entered pursuant to the jury verdict and a sentence of fifteen years imprisonment. The cause is reversed and remanded because of an error in the giving of an instruction which defined “conspiracy” and “capital murder.”

In addition to her point relied on concerning the erroneous instruction, appellant charges the trial court also erred: 1) in allowing the introduction of evidence pertaining…