State v. Calhoun

PAUL M. SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

Mack Calhoun appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting him of murder in the first degree in violation of Section 565.020.1, RSMo 2000. He contends that the circuit court erred in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal because the State’s evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict.

The State presented evidence that, during the pre — dawn hours of March 2, 1989, a truck driver saw Renee Weathersby lying on the ground near the 12th Street bridge in the west “bottoms area” of Kansas City. Weathersby had sustained a gunshot to her head,…