State v. Perkins
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Judge.
Kurt Alan Perkins appeals from a jury conviction of first degree murder, § 565.020 RSMo 1986; armed criminal action, § 571.015 RSMo 1986; and stealing, § 570.030 RSMo 1986. He was sentenced for these offenses, respectively, to life imprisonment without possibility of parole, life imprisonment, and seven years imprisonment.
The state’s evidence showed that on June 9, 1985, the body of the victim, Harold Messier, 75, was found brutally beaten in his home located in St. Charles, Missouri. Mr. Messier died of “multiple blunt force injuries.” The autopsy report showed that Mr.…
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