State v. Jaynes

HOFF, Judge.

Beverly Jaynes (Defendant) appeals the judgment entered on her convictions by a jury of first degree murder, section 565.020 RSMo Cum.Supp.1990, and armed criminal action, section 571.015 RSMo 1986. Defendant was sentenced by the trial court to two concurrent life sentences in the department of corrections. We reverse and remand for new trial.

The evidence is not in dispute. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, Defendant shot and killed her husband, Christian Jaynes (Mr. Jaynes/decedent), in the parking garage at Lambert Airport on August 23, 1991. Defendant’s defense…