State v. Valentine

WILLIAM H. CRANDALL, Jr., Special Judge.

Glenn Valentine appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of capital murder, § 565.001, RSMo (1978). Sentence was imposed at life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole for fifty years. Section 565.008.1, RSMo (1978). Jurisdiction of the appeal is in this Court. Mo. Const. Art. V, § 3. Appellant claims error in the trial court’s failure to exclude certain testimony by police detectives regarding the investigation of the crime and the circumstances of appellant’s arrest and the court’s failure to declare a mistrial following a…