State v. Smith

TURNAGE, Judge.

Richard D. Smith appeals from his convictions of involuntary manslaughter, § 565.024.1, RSMo Cum.Supp.1984, and armed criminal action, § 571.015, RSMo 1978. He argues that his rights under the federal and state constitutions were violated by the prosecutor’s improper use of peremptory challenges in jury selection and that the court erred in numerous respects in instructing the jury.

Affirmed.

Smith killed Mary Hennessy by brutally beating her during the course of sado-ma-sochistic sexual activities on the evening of August 18, 1985. Smith used various objects to beat and injure…