State v. Franks

STEPHAN, Judge.

Doyle Franks appeals from the judgment of the trial court following his conviction by a jury of second degree murder as defined then by § 565.004, RSMo 1978 (repealed effective October 1, 1984). The trial court sentenced him as a prior and persistent offender to life imprisonment with his sentence to run consecutively to a sentence previously imposed in a different case. Doyle Franks also appeals the judgment of the trial court denying his Rule 29.15 motion without an evidentiary hearing. The two appeals have been consolidated. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence to…