State v. Mayes

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Defendant Bobby Joe Mayes appeals his conviction by a jury of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action in the double homicide of his wife, Sondra Mayes, and Sondra’s daughter, Amanda Perkins, for which he received two death sentences and two sentences of life imprisonment, respectively.

Mr. Mayes alleges eighteen points of error. Because this case involves the imposition of the death penalty, this Court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction. Mo. Const., art. V, sec. 3. For the reasons set out below, the Court affirms the judgment of…