State v. Graham

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant, Charles Graham, was convicted of second degree murder under Section 565.021.1(2) RSMo 1994,1 for the death of David Alexander in an explosion at a methamphetamine laboratory, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. He was also charged with common law attempt to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of Section 195.211, a Class B felony, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, both sentences to run consecutively.

Defendant’s only point on appeal is that the trial court committed plain error when it instructed the jury to find Defendant…