State v. Pickens

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

This is a combined direct appeal and Rule 29.15 appeal after a conviction of second degree murder. Defendant, Anthony Pick-ens, was sentenced as a prior offender to a term of life imprisonment. We affirm.

On the night of August 2, 1986, a dance party was held at 4023A Finney in the city of St. Louis. Between seventy-five and one hundred people attended the party. An admission of seventy-five cents was charged. A dispute arose when one person refused to pay the admission price. As a result of this dispute defendant’s brother, Antowine Pickens, was fatally shot.

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