State v. Beatty

KENNEDY, Judge.

Defendant Brian Beatty was convicted upon jury trial of first degree murder, section 565.020.2 RSMo 1986,1 and armed criminal action, section 571.015.1. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on the murder conviction and three years imprisonment on the armed criminal action conviction, to be served concurrently. He appeals his conviction, and also appeals the trial court’s denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief.

Defendant Beatty killed Frederick Combs by stabbing him in the chest with a knife at the Heritage Inn, a motel in…