State v. Biggs

JAMES K. PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

Following jury trial, Gary W. Biggs (“Defendant”) was convicted of murder in the first degree, § 565.020, RSMo 2000, and armed criminal action, § 571.015, RSMo 2000. With two points relied on, Defendant claims that the trial court abused its discretion by (1) allowing evidence that Scott Biggs (“Scott”) talked to a preacher before stating that he and Defendant killed Willie Mae Vasquez (“Vasquez”) and (2) overruling Defendant’s objection to the prosecutor’s swinging of the alleged murder weapon, a hatchet, during closing argument. 1

Defendant does not…