State v. Taylor

PRITCHARD, Judge.

Charged as a second offender, appellant was convicted of the commission of the crime of murder in the second degree by the verdict of a jury. The court sentenced him to 40 years imprisonment in the Division of Corrections.

Appellant’s first point is that the trial court erred in refusing to sustain his motions for judgment of acquittal because the state failed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Appellant and the victim, Fred Lee Shaw, were inmates of the Missouri Training Center for Men in Moberly, Missouri, in June, 1978. At about 10:10 p. m., on June 25, 1978, Shaw…