State v. Boyd

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, a violation of § 565.004, RSMo.1978. In accordance with the punishment assessed by the jury, he was sentenced to fifty years’ imprisonment. He appeals, contending the court erred in admitting certain evidence. We affirm.

In the early morning hours of July 20, 1981, Denise Woolridge was repeatedly stabbed while in her St. Louis apartment. The altercation with her assailant attracted the attention of her neighbor, Ronald Coleman, who looked out his window and observed the victim staggering and crying out for help…