State v. Martindale

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals after her conviction by a jury of one count of second degree murder, § 565.021, RSMo 1986. 1 The court sentenced her in accordance with the jury’s assessment to a prison term of fifteen years. We affirm.

The record reveals that Randy Martindale and defendant married in 1988 and subsequently had two sons. Martindale and defendant both worked at the Martindale family car dealership in New Madrid, Missouri.

Defendant and Chuck Sanders began having an affair in 1990. According to Sanders, the relationship repeatedly ended and resumed between 1990 and 1994, and…