State v. Hahn

SMART, Judge.

Paul Hahn appeals his conviction by a Buchanan County jury of second-degree murder, § 565.021, RSMo 1994, 1 and armed criminal action, § 571.015. As a pri- or offender, Hahn was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment and twenty years on the respective counts. Hahn presents four points on appeal. Hahn contends the trial court erred in (1) refusing to submit to the jury an instruction on voluntary manslaughter; (2) refusing to grant Hahn’s request for a mistrial when the prosecutor intentionally elicited highly prejudicial testimony of Hahn’s character and prior bad…