State v. Fincher

MANFORD, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment entered in accordance with a jury conviction and sentence of 25 years for murder, second degree (§ 565.004, RSMo 1978). Jurisdiction is vested in this court. Mo. Const. Art. V, § 3, as amended 1979. The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant presents four points 1 on appeal, which in summary charge the trial court erred: (1) in refusing to instruct the jury on self defense; (2) in excluding proffered medical evidence; (3) in failing to properly instruct the jury on the issue of punishment, and in failing to provide proper verdict forms; and (4)…