State v. Arbuckle

MAUS, Judge.

Count I of an information charged that defendant Bret Alan Arbuckle committed murder in the first degree, § 565.020.1, on June 20, 1989, in that he did, after deliberation, knowingly cause the death of Angela Lyn Fortner by shooting her. Count II of that information charged that he committed the felony of armed criminal action, § 571.015.1, by committing the foregoing felony of murder in the first degree by the use of a deadly weapon. The trial court instructed the jury on murder in the first degree and conventional murder in the second degree, § 565.021.1(1), and armed criminal…