State v. Kain

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

The appellant James Kain was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree of Rhonda West and sentenced to 55 years in prison. The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is not questioned. The facts favorable to the verdict show the victim lived with her ex-husband, Robert Neighbors, in the basement apartment of a home. Kain, a nephew of Neighbors, lived upstairs with his mother and a sister. On July 28, 1983, Neighbors left for work about 7:00 a.m. and upon returning at 4:15 p.m. found the victim’s body partially clothed on the living room floor. She…