State v. Cottrell

KAROHL, Judge.

William Cottrell appeals convictions for second degree murder and armed criminal action and a denial for post conviction relief under Rule 29.15 after a hearing. He was. sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to life imprisonment for second degree murder and a consecutive ten year sentence for armed criminal action. We affirm.

The state proved the following: on April 8, 1991, Tammy Fister, Steve Patterson, Charles Vance and Skip Shipley drove to St. Louis to work. After work all four went to several bars. At one of the bars, Vance saw Cottrell, who had been incarcerated…