State v. Thomas

STEWART, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of murder in the second degree (§ 559.020 RSMo. 1969) and fixed his punishment at fifteen years.

Defendant’s principal contentions are that the trial court erred (1) in permitting the prosecutor to ask the defendant’s witness if he had been convicted of juvenile delinquency; (2) in allowing a lay witness to testify that in her opinion the affray between defendant and the victim had terminated before the defendant shot the victim; and (3) in admitting dog tracking evidence without proper foundation.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the…