State v. Kincade

STEPHAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a second degree murder conviction. The defendant, Emmett Kincade, was found guilty by a jury of murdering Darren Nappier, and was sentenced in accordance with the verdict to a period of fifteen years. We affirm.

On August 23, 1981, at approximately 3:00 a.m., sixteen year old Darren Nappier, his eighteen year old brother, Troy, and several friends stopped at the White Castle at Highway 21 and Lindbergh in St. Louis County to get something to eat. Darren and Marc Poehner went into the White Castle for food and drinks, while their friends remained outside.…