State v. Keeven

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Laura Ann Keeven, was convicted by a jury of second degree murder, § 565.004 RSMo 1978,1 and sentenced to twelve years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections. The conviction stems from the shooting death of defendant’s husband, Mark Keeven, who was a St. Louis County Police Officer at the time of his death. The verdict of guilty as to murder in the second degree was returned by the jury following a trial on the charge of capital murder.

Defendant’s brief contains seven points on appeal. In her first point she asserts that the trial…