State v. Felton

CRANE, Judge.

A jury found Lewis Felton, Jr. guilty of the offenses of second degree murder in violation of § 565.021 RSMo 1986 and armed criminal action in violation of § 571.015 RSMo 1986. The trial court sentenced him to concurrent sentences of twenty-two years imprisonment for second degree murder and three years imprisonment for armed criminal action. Felton filed a Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief which was denied without an evidentiary hearing. Felton appeals both the judgment of the trial court and the order of the motion court.

On his direct appeal Felton contends that the…