State v. Beal

ULRICH, Chief Judge, Presiding Judge.

Steven Beal appeals his convictions following jury trial for one count of first degree murder, section 565.020,1 one count of first degree assault, section 565.050, and two counts of armed criminal action, section 571.015, and concurrent sentences of life imprisonment without parole, life imprisonment, and two twenty-year terms of imprisonment, respectively. He claims that the trial court erred in (1) refusing to submit instructions on the lesser included offenses of second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, and (2) admitting his videotaped…