STATE OF MISSOURI v. CALVIN L. TRENT

STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) No. SD36468 ) vs. ) Filed: December 15, 2020 ) CALVIN L. TRENT, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GREENE COUNTY Honorable Judge James V. Nichols AFFIRMED Calvin L. Trent ("Defendant") appeals his convictions for first-degree murder, § 565.020, and armed criminal action, § 571.015, following a jury trial.1 Defendant claims the trial court erred in: (1) admitting into evidence his statements to law enforcement because he did not receive his Miranda2 warnings; (2) overruling his motion to dismiss the first-degree murder count because the…