State of Missouri v. Trent L. Williams

MARK D. PFEIFFER, Judge.

Trent Williams (“Williams”) appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri (“trial court”), finding him guilty, after a jury trial, of the class A felony of murder in the first degree and sentencing him to life imprisonment without the possibility of probation or parole. Williams challenges his conviction and sentence in light of Miller v. Alabama, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012). Williams also asserts that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for new trial based on a claim of newly discovered evidence and in admitting…