State v. Craig

CRANE, Judge.

Defendant, Leroy Craig, appeals from a judgment entered after a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the second degree, in violation of Section 565.021 RSMo (1994); armed criminal action, in violation of Section 571.015 RSMo (1994); and assault in the second degree, in violation of Section 565.060 RSMo (1994), arising out of the murder of one person and assault of another person. On appeal defendant asserts that the state failed to make a submissible case for second degree murder. He further claims that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on voluntary…