State v. McCarter

KAROHL, Judge.

This is a consolidated direct appeal and appeal from denial of defendant’s Rule 29.15 motion. The indictment charged felony murder in the first degree, § 565.020.1 RSMo 1986, and armed criminal action, § 571.015 RSMo 1986. The jury’s verdict convicted defendant of voluntary manslaughter in violation of § 565.023 RSMo 1986 and armed criminal action. The trial court sentenced defendant as a prior offender to a term of fifteen years imprisonment for voluntary manslaughter and consecutive life imprisonment for armed criminal action. We affirm.

Viewing the evidence in the light most…