State v. Burgin

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

Appellant Gregory Burgin was found guilty of second degree murder, § 559.020, RSMo 1978 by a jury verdict. Punishment was assessed at 50 years imprisonment.

Judgment affirmed.

Burgin’s sole point on appeal concerns the testimony of a Kansas City police detective, while upon cross-examination by Burgin’s counsel, which indicated that appellant had been involved in a prior, unrelated crime. The sufficiency of the evidence is not questioned and the jury could have reasonably found facts as next recited.

Burgin, along with his cousins Gerald Smith and Keith Sutherlin all…