State v. Simpson

HENLEY, Judge.

Raymond Kenneth Simpson, Jr., (hereinafter defendant) appeals from his conviction of second degree murder for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Sections 559.020 and 559.030, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. We affirm.

The sole ground of his appeal is that “ * * * [t]he court erred in not instructing the jury that the defendant should be acquitted if they believe the deceased was killed as the result of an accidental shooting.”

The evidence is that late in the afternoon of January 25, 1970, defendant and a friend drove to the King Louie Lanes bowling alley in Kansas City, Missouri,…