State v. Roberts

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree. She was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. We affirm.

In the early morning of August 20, 1978, in the vicinity of 5100 Page in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, one William H. Holt received thirty-six stab wounds causing his death. The stabbing occurred after an argument in the street between defendant, Holt and three others (hereinafter, “Keith, Willie B. and Lawrence”). The incident began when defendant, Holt, Keith and Lawrence returned from a trip to East St. Louis, Illinois. Upon arriving back in…