State v. Golatt

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Vernon Golatt appeals his convictions in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of murder in the first degree, § 565.020.2,1 and armed criminal action, § 571.015. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of probation or parole on the murder count and ten years imprisonment on the armed criminal action count.

On the evening of August 26, 1996, Appellant and Eric Wright went to visit Janice Jones at her apartment at 619 East Armor in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to leaving the apartment, Appellant asked to borrow a knife from Jones, claiming that…