State v. Williams

Gale Wayne Williams (Defendant) appeals his convictions of second degree murder and armed criminal action, in violation of §§ 565.021 and 571.015, RSMo 1994, respectively. We affirm.

“Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, hence we recount only the evidence necessary to address the claims of error, viewing it in the light most favorable to the verdict.” State v. Crews, 923 S.W.2d 477, 478 (Mo.App. S.D.1996). Viewed in that manner, the evidence indicated the following.

*334On June 20, 1993, Defendant and his friends were target shooting at Defendant’s…