State v. Williams

STEPHAN, Judge.

The jury found the defendant guilty of capital murder in violation of § 565.001, RSMo 1978, and assessed punishment of life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for fifty years. Judgment and sentence were entered in accordance with the verdict, and defendant appealed. We affirm.

On August 30, 1981, defendant and Gilbert Dixon went out drinking together. In the early morning hours of August 31, 1981, defendant drove to the home of his cousin, Joyce Williams, where she and her husband Charles were present. Defendant told Charles that he and Dixon had been drinking and that…