State v. Phillips

DOWD, Judge.

Defendant appealed from a judgment entered upon his conviction by jury for second-degree murder, § 565.021, RSMo 1994, and for armed criminal action, § 571.015, RSMo 1994. The trial court found Defendant to be a prior, persistent, and Class X offender and sentenced him to twenty years’ imprisonment for the murder conviction and to a three-year term of imprisonment for the armed criminal action conviction to be served consecutively. Defendant also appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion after an evidentiary hearing. This court issued its original opinion on April 30, 1996,…