State v. Clay

BENTON, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted appellant Richard D. Clay of murder in the first degree and assessed the punishment as death, which the circuit court imposed. Appellant filed a motion for post-conviction relief under Rule 29.15, which the motion court overruled. In a consolidated appeal to this Court, appellant raises fourteen points of error. Mo. Const. art. V, sec. S. This Court affirms.

I. Facts

This Court reviews the facts in the light most favorable to the verdict. State v. Shurn, 866 S.W.2d 447, 455 (Mo. banc 1993), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 837, 115 S.Ct. 118, 130 L.Ed.2d 64 (1994).…