State v. Henderson

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

The defendant, Fred Henderson, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis of first degree murder. The trial court sentenced him, as a prior offender, to life imprisonment without parole. He appeals his conviction and we affirm.

On October 4, 1984 the defendant and Kenneth Whiteside went to the home of Renea Henderson, defendant’s sister-in-law. They asked her for money to call a taxicab and defendant picked up his sawed-off shotgun and some shells. The two went to a pay phone, called a cab to Renea Henderson’s address, then returned to Re-nea’s house…