State v. Wilson

CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Liddell Wilson, was convicted, following a jury trial, of murder in the first degree, robbery in the first degree and two counts of armed criminal action. Defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for life, twenty-five years and two terms of twenty years, all to run consecutively. We affirm.

The evidence, considered in the light most favorable to the verdict, discloses that on April 20, 1987, at about 11:00 p.m., the victim was walking down a street in the City of St. Louis. Defendant jogged up behind the victim with a loaded, cocked shotgun. As defendant…