State of Missouri v. Chad Daniel Terry Jr.

Appellant Chad Terry (“Terry”) was charged in Jackson County Circuit Court with first degree murder and armed criminal action for the murder of Erik Schwartz. Following a jury trial, Terry was found guilty of the charges and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder charge and life imprisonment for armed criminal action, with the sentences to run concurrently. Terry raises five points of error on appeal. We affirm.

Procedural and Factual Background

On the evening of October 29, 2018, Erik Schwartz (“Schwartz”) was in the process of moving into his mother’s…