State v. Smith

STEPHAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a second degree murder conviction. Defendant, Jessie Smith, was the boyfriend of Sharon Walker, the girl he was convicted of murdering. Having been found guilty by a jury, de*465fendant was sentenced in accordance with the verdict to a period of twenty-five years. We affirm.

Sharon Walker lived with her three children, her sister, Darlene Walker, and Darlene’s four children in an upstairs apartment located in the City of St. Louis.

On the evening before the murder, Jessie Smith came to Sharon’s apartment about 7:30 P.M. Before Jessie arrived, Sharon had taken…