State v. Hardy

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Chief Judge.

Benjamin Hardy was convicted of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He claims his post-arrest comment to a highway patrol sergeant-"sounds like I'm pretty much f*cked"-should not have been admitted at trial.

Facts and Background

Hardy does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, which we must view favor ably to the verdicts. State v. Hill, 250 S.W.3d 855, 856 (Mo.App.2008). Summarized accordingly, the record shows that Hardy planned to and did kill his victim with a point-blank, full-face shotgun blast.

In the ten days before the killing, Hardy…