State v. Williams

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of the second degree murder of Dan Rogan and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, defendant charges that the trial court erred: 1) in overruling defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal; 2) in refusing to give an excusable homicide instruction; 3) in restricting cross-examination of a State’s witness. We find no error and affirm the judgment.

A friendly kiss placed by defendant on the cheek of Jackie Rogan, Dan Rogan’s estranged wife, triggered Rogan’s death. Defendant and a couple of friends stopped by Jackie Rogan’s parents’ house in St. Louis…