State v. Wahlberg

WAHL, Justice.

Defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, in St. Louis County District Court of the first-degree murder of Jeffrey Goed-derz and was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the refusal of the trial court to submit the lesser included offense of murder in the third degree, the trial court’s instruction on voluntary intoxication, the requirement that he present evidence of voluntary intoxication that negates the existence of a necessary mental state, improper comments of the prosecutor, the admission of impeachment evidence…