Legal Opinion
State v. Lopez
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 10, 2004No. 25535PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JEFFREY W. BATES, Judge.
In an amended information, Lester Lopez (“Defendant”) was charged with the class A felony of murder in the first degree for killing Sherri Westfall (“Victim”) by beating her to death. See § 565.020. 1 A jury found Defendant guilty of committing the lesser-included offense of murder in the second degree and recommended life imprisonment as appropriate punishment for this crime. See § 556.046; § 565.021; § 565.025. In the trial court’s judgment, it followed the jury’s recommendation and imposed a life sentence upon Defendant.
Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal from…
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