State v. Washington

ROBERT G. DOWD, Jr., Judge.

Deshun Washington (Defendant) appeals from his judgment of conviction by a jury of murder in the first degree, Section 565.020, RSMo 1994. The trial court sentenced Defendant to life imprisonment without parole. Defendant contends the trial court erred in (1) admitting his statements made to a detective after transfer to the adult court because the questioning violated Defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel and (2) allowing demonstrative evidence of Defendant picking up a concrete block at trial. We affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the…