State v. Brown

ROBERTSON, Judge.

A jury convicted Vernon Brown of first degree murder in violation of Section 565.020, RSMo 1994, and recommended that he be put to death. The trial court agreed and entered a sentence of death. Subsequently, the motion court overruled Brown’s Rule 29.15 motion. This appeal followed. We have jurisdiction. Mo. Const, art. V, § 3. The conviction, sentence and denial of post-conviction relief are affirmed.

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We interpret the facts in the light most favorable to the verdict. State v. Shurn, 866 S.W.2d 447, 455 (Mo. banc 1993), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 118, 130 L.Ed.2d 64…