State v. Shaw

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendant Bobby Lewis Shaw was found guilty by a jury of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by the court pursuant to the Second Offender Act, § 556.280, RSMo 1969. Defendant appeals that conviction, contending that the trial court erred in (1) failing to grant an acquittal at the close of the entire case; (2) denying his motion for a new trial to consider newly discovered evidence not known at the time of trial; and (3) denying his motion for a new trial due to the state’s failure to produce defendant’s brother, Vancel Shaw, as a witness at trial. We hold…