State v. Barnes

SATZ, Judge.

Defendant, Stanley Barnes, was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and sentenced to twelve years imprisonment. Defendant appeals. We affirm.

On August 13, 1982, Todd Weems, the victim, celebrated his twenty-first birthday. During the course of this celebration, Weems met several of his friends at Forest Park to socialize and drink. Towards the end of the evening, Weems and a few of his friends left Forest Park, stopped at a liquor store to purchase more beer and then went to a friend’s house to continue the celebration. While congregated in the alley behind the friend’s…