State v. Cantrell

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Appellant challenges his conviction for murder, second degree. We affirm.

On the evening of March 8, 1978, at the G.J. Family Bar in South St. Louis, John King was fatally shot. The bartender and a woman named Joyce Browning were the only people present, but Ms. Browning was in the restroom at the time the shooting occurred. When police arrived at the scene, both witnesses claimed not to know who had shot victim. The police brought appellant in for questioning that evening, but did not arrest him at the time. Later, the bartender identified appellant as the murderer, but…