State v. Jackson

GRIMM, Judge.

In this jury-tried case, defendant was convicted of first degree murder and armed criminal action, §§ 565.020 and 571.015.* The trial court sentenced her to life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole and three years consecutively. She appeals; we affirm.

Defendant raises four points. She alleges the trial court erred in (1) giving the jury instructions based on MAI-CR 3d 300.20 and 306.04; (2) overruling her objection to the rebuttal testimony offered by the State’s psychiatrist; (3) sustaining the State’s objection to the testimony of several witnesses…