Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Jun 28, 2021
STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent vs. TOMMY R. MORRIS, Appellant
Tommy R. Morris was convicted of second-degree murder and two counts of delivery of a controlled substance following a bench trial. On appeal, Morris challenged the sufficiency of the evidence for his second-degree murder conviction, arguing that the victim's death did not occur during "immediate flight" from a felony as required by statute. The appellate court affirmed, holding that "immediate flight" refers to continuous and uninterrupted actions of fleeing, and sufficient evidence supported the conviction under this interpretation.