STATE v. HARRISON (2025)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Martel HARRISON, Appellant.

WD 86477

Decided: January 28, 2025

Before Division Three: W. Douglas Thomson, Presiding Judge, Karen King Mitchell and Thomas N. Chapman, Judges

Andrew Bailey, Attorney General, Renee C.W. Suddy, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, Attorneys for Respondent. Carol Jansen, Columbia, MO, Attorney for Appellant.

Order

Martel Harrison appeals, following a jury trial, his conviction, pursuant to § 565.020.1, for first-degree murder.¹ Harrison raises one point on appeal: that the circuit court erred in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal on grounds of insufficient evidence by which any rational juror could find beyond a reasonable doubt that Harrison deliberated before shooting the decedent. Finding no error, we affirm. Rule 30.25(b).

FOOTNOTES

1. All statutory references are to the Missouri Revised Statutes (2023), unless otherwise noted.

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