State v. Darnell

SNYDER, Judge.

This is an action in which defendant Thomas Darnell appeals from a judgment convicting him of second-degree murder in violation of § 559.020 RSMo. 1969. A jury sitting for the circuit court of St. Charles County found the appellant guilty and he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

Appellant raises three points of error. First, he charges the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion to consolidate offenses, or his motion in limine to prevent evidence of other crimes from being introduced at trial. Second, he claims that by preventing his attorney from reading the…