State v. Barlow

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

Gregory S. Barlow appeals his convictions and sentences for the class A felony of murder in the first degree, under section 565.020, RSMo 2000;1 the felony of armed criminal action, under section 571.015; and the class C felony of arson in the second degree, under section 569.050. Mr. Barlow claims that the trial court erred in accepting the jury’s guilty ver-*137diets on each count because the court’s polling procedure coerced a dissenting juror into agreeing with the other jurors. Mr. Barlow also claims the trial court plainly erred in permitting certain portions of…