State v. Jones

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of capital murder, RSMo § 565.001 (Supp.1982). Defendant received a sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole for fifty years. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in: (1) denying defendant’s motion to quash the jury panel based on the prosecuting attorney’s alleged racially discriminatory use of peremptory challenges; (2) permitting the prosecuting attorney to use prior inconsistent statements as substantive evidence; (3) permitting the prosecuting attorney to comment on…