State v. Giffin

ALDÉN A. STOCKARD, Senior Judge.

Appellant, in a jury-waived trial, was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

From the evidence the following could reasonably be found. On the afternoon of May 11, 1979, appellant, his wife and daughter, and a friend arrived at Roy and Esther’s Tavern in Ava, Missouri. While at the bar, appellant got into a fight with one of the patrons, Boyd Conrad. Appellant called Conrad a “bastard” and a “bull-headed son-of-a-bitch” at which point Conrad hit appellant knocking him to the floor. Appellant got up, and as he went out the door…