State v. Williamson

KENNEDY, Judge.

We affirm the second-degree murder conviction of defendant William J. Williamson upon which he was sentenced, in accordance with the jury’s verdict, to 20 years’ imprisonment.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment is not challenged. A very brief statement of the facts will suffice for our purposes:

On the evening of December 28, 1977, defendant entered a bar in Kansas City, Missouri, where John “Sonny” Horton was seated at a table with his concubine, Gay-nell Harris, and another companion, Q. T. Lee. According to the state’s evidence, defendant without…