State v. Borden

RENDLEN, Judge.

Convicted of capital murder, defendant’s punishment was fixed by the jury at life imprisonment without probation or parole for a minimum of 50 years. § 565.008.1, RSMo 1978.

As error defendant contends the trial court improperly (1) permitted testimony of her accomplice’s intended plea to a charge of second degree murder; (2) admitted photographs of the scene depicting the victim’s body; (3) excused a venireman for cause who expressed unwillingness to consider the death penalty; (4) refused to give two non-MAI-CR instructions tendered by defendant; (5) failed to quash the…