Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Sep 10, 2020
STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent vs. DEION D. MARTIN, Defendant-Appellant
Deion D. Martin was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and two counts of armed criminal action following a bench trial. On appeal, Martin challenged his life-without-parole sentence for murder, arguing it violated the Eighth Amendment as applied to him because he was nineteen at the time of the offense. He also contended the evidence was insufficient to prove deliberation for the murder charge. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, affirmed the trial court's judgment, rejecting both points.