State v. Spears

GARRISON, Judge.

After having waived his right to a jury trial, Defendant was convicted by the trial court of murder in the first degree, § 565.-020,1 and armed criminal action, § 571.015. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder conviction, and thirty years for armed criminal action, with the sentences to run concurrently. On this appeal, Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding that he killed the victim after deliberation. We affirm.

In determining the sufficiency of the evidence in this court-tried ease, we…