State v. Stevens

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of second degree murder, § 565.021, RSMo 1986, and sentence by the court, as a prior offender under § 558.016, RSMo 1986, to life imprisonment. We affirm.

The state charged defendant with first degree murder, § 565.020.1, RSMo 1986; the court instructed the jury on first degree murder, second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter; the jury returned a verdict of guilty of second degree murder. It is undisputed that victim incurred the injuries causing her death while she was visiting defendant, her boyfriend, at his home. The…