State v. Dunn

Defendant appeals from his jury convictions of two counts of capital murder, § 565.001, RSMo 1978, and sentences to two consecutive life terms of imprisonment without eligibility of parole for 50 years.

On appeal, defendant claims the trial court erred in prohibiting him from questioning a defense witness about certain letters the witness had written defendant and in finding that two child witnesses, ages six and ten at the time of trial, were competent to testify.

On February 28, 1984, the police were called to Troost Lake in Kansas City, Missouri. When the police arrived they discovered a car…