State v. Lay

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Jeromy Lay was convicted of murder in the first degree in violation of § 565.020. 1 Defendant was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of probation or parole. He filed a post-conviction motion under Rule 29.15, which was denied. His appeals of the conviction and of the denial of post-conviction relief were consolidated and both are addressed in this opinion.

Defendant appeals his first degree murder conviction on the grounds that: (1) the trial court plainly erred by admitting certain autopsy and crime scene photographs introduced by the…