State v. Fields

PREWITT, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for parole until he has served fifty years. See §§ 565.001 and 565.008, RSMo 1978. He was convicted of shooting and killing a man following a fight just outside a tavern. Defendant’s principal defense at trial was that he was in an intoxicated and drugged condition that prevented him from acting knowingly or purposely at the time of the shooting. MAI-CR2d 3.30.1 was used in submitting this question to the jury.

On appeal defendant has two points. His first point states:

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The trial…