State v. Payne

JAMES K. PREWITT, Judge.

Following jury trial, Jeremy Payne (“Defendant”) was convicted of murder in the first degree, in violation of § 565.020, RSMo 1994, and sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole. With four points relied on, Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress Defendant’s videotaped statement, abused its discretion in refusing to admit a written statement of a witness and limiting the cross-examination of that same witness, and plainly erred in permitting the State to urge jurors during closing argument to try to…