STATE v. McBENGE

No. ED 102277.

507 S.W.3d 94 (2016)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Cecil Russell MCBENGE, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied December 15, 2016.

Application for Transfer Denied January 31, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Koster , Attorney General, Daniel N. McPherson , Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.

Rosemary Percival , Missouri Public Defender, Kansas City, MO, John G. Mermelstein , Columbia, MO, for Appellant.


Cecil Russell McBenge ("Defendant") appeals the judgment entered upon a jury verdict convicting him of first-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the 1984 killing of Eleonora Knoernschild ("Victim"). We reverse and remand for a new trial.

I. BACKGROUND

Over two decades after Victim...

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