State v. Moore

STEWART, Judge.

A jury convicted the defendant of second degree murder and fixed his punishment at ten years imprisonment. Defendant appeals from the judgment entered upon the jury’s verdict. We affirm.

The defendant does not attack the sufficiency of the evidence. The facts may be briefly stated. Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on November 7, 1972, Clarence Muse, the victim, and three companions left a nightclub in the City of St. Louis at closing time. The four were seated in an automobile and were ready to drive away when John Baker, who was referred to as Johnny Boy, came to the passenger side of…