A judge sentenced Anthony Moore to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of his two children along the banks of the Mississippi River in 2004.
Moore is now appealing the sentence, claiming he was poorly represented.
Anthony Curtis Moore was sentenced to two life terms Friday. Moore killed his two children, suffocating them in the mud along the Mississippi River.
He took his children, born to different mothers, to a location near the Chain of Rocks bridge on September 7th, 2004. Witnesses said they saw Moore stomping into the mud there. A short time later, the children were found dead along the river. Within a few hours, police located and arrested Moore in a home in the area.
The children were 2-year-old Toni Moore and 9-month-old Kanye Anderson.
Moore will not be eligible for probation or parole.
Moore had pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease, an argument dismissed by the judge. Moore will likely appeal the conviction, arguing that his attorneys would not let him switch from a judge-only trial to a jury trial.