State v. Harris

GREENE, Judge.

In these consolidated appeals, defendant, Lisa Harris, seeks to set aside the trial court’s judgment affirming a jury verdict finding her guilty of murder in the first degree, § 565.020.1,1 for which crime she was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

In her direct appeal, Lisa claims the trial court erred by (1) refusing to instruct the jury on the crime of voluntary manslaughter, (2) failing to instruct as to whether her confession was voluntary, (3) overruling a motion to suppress her confession, (4) denying her attorney’s motion for a continuance, and (5) refusing to…