Paul L. Deroy, Jr. Missouri Cases

Paul DeRoy appealed his convictions for first-degree murder, armed criminal action, stealing, and first-degree tampering following a jury verdict. DeRoy challenged the sufficiency of the evidence for murder, argued double jeopardy for stealing and tampering, claimed a prejudicial variance between the robbery charge and the stealing instruction, and asserted the State destroyed exculpatory evidence. The appellate court affirmed all convictions, finding sufficient evidence for murder, no double jeopardy violation, no prejudicial variance, and no bad faith in the destruction of potentially useful evidence.