State v. Liggins

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of second degree murder and sentence of fifty years imprisonment.

The victim, Thomas Davis, arrived at the emergency room of Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis at 3:56 a.m. September 8, 1984. He had a shotgun wound in his chest and abdomen. He apparently drove himself to the hospital. Prior to 3:30 or 3:45 a.m. on that date he had been engaged in a large stake poker game with defendant and William Yates at defendant’s home. Some argument had occurred between defendant and Davis as a result of defendant’s accusation that Davis…