State v. Bohlen

SIMON, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted for the capital murder of Gerald Walker by shooting him on May 20, 1983, in the City of St. Louis, and was subsequently found guilty on January 5, 1984, by a jury of murder in the second degree in violation of § 565.004 RSMo.1978 (Repealed L.1983, S.B. 276, § 1, effective 10-1-84, now § 565.021 RSMo. Supp.1984). The jury assessed punishment at thirty years and the trial court accordingly imposed sentence. We affirm.

Defendant raises three points on appeal. He attacks the sufficiency of the evidence for a conviction of murder in the second degree,…