State v. Riley

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

Appellant appeals his jury conviction of murder in the second degree, § 565.021 RSMo 1986, and armed criminal action § 571.015 RSMo 1986, for which he was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of thirteen years and four years respectively.

Appellant does not dispute the sufficiency of the evidence and therefore a brief statement of facts will suffice. The victim, Curtis Gordon, had been drinking most of the night at a friend’s home. Appellant, a long-time friend of Gordon, arrived at about 6:30 a.m. The two of them and several others continued drinking. Sometime…