STATE OF MISSOURI v. SHANE L. MACKEY

In Division STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) No. SD37997 ) v. ) Filed: August 6, 2024 ) SHANE L. MACKEY, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GREENE COUNTY Honorable Jerry A. Harmison Jr., Judge AFFIRMED Following a bench trial, Shane L. Mackey was convicted of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to life in prison. Mackey appeals from that judgment in two points. In point 1, Mackey argues the trial court abused its discretion in admitting two exhibits (Exhibits 123 and 138), both of which contained a text message from Victim to her son stating she was walking home,…