04/21/92 State Missouri V. Donnie L. Blankenship
By Supreme Court of Missouri
- Release Date: 1992-04-21
- Genre: Law
Description
Defendant Donnie Blankenship was convicted by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment for each of five counts of murder in the second degree, § 565.021 *fn1 thirty years for one count of robbery in the first degree, § 569.020, fifteen years for receiving stolen property, § 570.080, and ten years for unlawful use of a weapon, § 571.030. All sentences were to be served consecutively. A motion for post-conviction relief under Rule 29.15 was filed but was overruled without hearing. The defendant's appeals in both cases were consolidated. Following opinion *fn2 by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, this Court granted transfer. Rule 83.03. The judgments are affirmed.
