State v. Oates

RONNIE L. WHITE, Judge.

Appellant, Reuben Darnell Oates, was convicted after a jury trial of one count of voluntary manslaughter and one count of armed criminal action. Oates was sentenced to nine years imprisonment for voluntary manslaughter and three years for armed criminal action, to be served concurrently. This Court granted transfer of the case under article V, section 10 of the Missouri Constitution and Rule 83.03. We affirm.

Oates and Tyrus Hopkins, the victim, worked together at the Service Oil Station at Troost and Armour Boulevard in Kansas City. While working at the service station…