State v. McGowan

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for second degree murder. His appeal alleges trial court error in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal, contending that there was insufficient evidence to find that he had intended to kill the deceased or that he had not acted in self-defense. We affirm.

In considering the allegations of error, we accept the state’s evidence as true and give it the benefit of all reasonable inferences deducible therefrom, disregarding all evidence and inferences to the contrary. State v. Ludwig, 609 S.W.2d 417, 417-18 (Mo.1980); State v. Brueckner, 617…