STATE v. PERKINS

No. 52599.

753 S.W.2d 567 (1988)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Kurt Alan PERKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

May 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Lee Patton, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Karen A. King, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


KELLY, Judge.

Kurt Alan Perkins appeals from a jury conviction of first degree murder, § 565.020 RSMo 1986; armed criminal action, § 571.015 RSMo 1986; and stealing, § 570.030 RSMo 1986. He was sentenced for these offenses, respectively, to life imprisonment without possibility of parole, life imprisonment, and seven years imprisonment.

The state's evidence showed that on June 9, 1985, the body of the victim, Harold Messler, 75, was found brutally...

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